Originally posted by mikeodial Pentax wants to lure non-Pentax uses to the platform with this camera so they should be careful how and how they release pre-production output to pontificate about. At the end of the day the image quality is what we all buy when shelling out $2K on a new camera body.
Definitely. And Pentax' marketing department has traditionally been fairly poor. They need to invest more in marketing, which isn't just adverts on television, but includes websites (we know Pentax websites often had errors, wrong information), sample images (need to be perfect), reviews (hey, everybody is doing it), social media, giveaways/contests..
Originally posted by ffking Have you noticed that in the Pixel shift example, the camera fails to account for movement in a hanging twig half way up on the RHS - not saying the system isn't amazing - just not perfect
a) the sensor alone is the same as D810. 36MP, no AA filter. But it allows SR and AA-simulation, two things the Nikon sensor doesn't. b) On top of 36MP you can use HDR or Pixel shift, or whatever else you want. None of those are perfect, by definition. But all of those are tools that can help the photographer. And PS is unique to Pentax among the FF DSLRs. So you have the potential to get even more detail in a faster, more automated way than with a Nikon or Canon FF.
c) I have seen a thread about PS which says that there are special options that you can enable, where the PS will try and fix the movement. The given example was a moving ferris wheel, which is quite impressive IMO (though, as with any feature, you need to have it in hands to see what you can actually get out of it). I don't know whether this feature was activated in the above sample photo. That said, the photo isn't that great to begin with. With the Sigma 35mm art, even at f11 and 1/60, I feel like the photo could have been better. I think some landscape photographers on this forum could do better without the Sigma Art and without PS. Maybe that's just how the Sigma renders? Not sure, but the photo seems flat and oddly sharp without much true detail.