Originally posted by topace Hopefully it has something to do with the "Finishing touch: Reversal Film" thing.
Hmm... do you suggest, that this "Finishing touch" introduced noise deliberately"? But if so, wouldn't that have to be an ultra fine but crisp grain, if I view at original Resolution (i.e. pixel-peep)? the
JPEG instead has this typical "wormy", slightly softened look of digital noise patterns, which I can't believe to be deliberate.
This digital wormy look is usually stemming from demosaicking and the softening from denoising attempts.
Regarding denoising, the water surface looks denoised to me as well, as if the finest ripples (those below a certain contrast level) were reduced a little further.
Another strange thing jumping into my eyes:
The water surface is stained with spots of false colors (cyan and violett), most prominently in the foreground where the contrasts are highest. I wonder, if this demonstrates the disadvantages of having no anti-aliasing-filter. Thank god, the K-3 has the option of simulating one with the help of sensor movement (probably not employed here).
I remember from the rumors, that the K-3 was supposed to be able to eradicate such aliasing color artifacts digitally. There seems no evidence, but maybe the rumors were wrong. Or it specializes on tackling only moire ripples, but not these individual tiny false color stains at contrast edges.
Overall, for an ISO=100 image it could have been cleaner (both sky and water) for my taste.