Originally posted by Col All comparison threads eventually degrade into APSc v's FF. This is independent of the initial test subject.
I did not see a hose featured in either the first two images.
Scaling the K-3 down to K-5 territory, effectively throwing away 8 million pixels, isn't a fair comparison. When I posted my "hose" shots, I was merely pointing out that a D800E can also look close to a K-5 depending on how you process things. There's no doubt that the original K-3 shot would have been very obvious had it's output not been handicapped after being reduced by 8 million pixels.
You can't judge something by what it's not but you can get some perspective.