Originally posted by photoptimist I notice that both images lack some "stars" found in the other image.
Originally posted by stevebrot I am seeing stars on the right that are not on the left and vice versa.
Yes, I see that too, now. It's difficult to compare the images since the framing is different, but by cropping both to the same size and position, it makes comparison easier. And, yes - there are definitely stars missing in the ISO 3200 image that were there at ISO 800,
but also the other way around.
Originally posted by aikaarska Yep. But actually I think that you can create that same "2 EV of IQ improvement" illusion with decent NR in post....
I'd like to have some identical RAW files from both K-1 and K-1II to prove that. Living in England where our natural lighting usually isn't stellar, I work a
lot with high ISO files in Lightroom 6 and, increasingly, Darktable 2.4.2. I've also tried a number of other post-processing tools. I'd say I'm reasonably experienced and capable when it comes to noise reduction, and
none of tools I use leave all detail intact, even at low levels.
Once we've ascertained how the K-1II's files differ from the K-1 at various ISOs, I'm looking forward to seeing someone produce better output (at 100% reproduction) with the K-1 and post-processing noise reduction, than with the K-1II. I'll be playing with the files to try it myself, and it may be possible (though I'm healthily skeptical
), but it seems we're a little way off being able to conduct that experiment...