But also first test of the
SMC-DA 40mm f/2.8 Limited lens I received today. (I just wish I had an actual person to test it on and not a camera). Exposure was 1/125th, f/7.1 at ISO 100.
I originally decided to test, cuz it seems like that shooting Raw+ that the jpeg is always pretty soft out of the camera, even with the sharpness jacked up, but the raw shines pretty well.
Raw File: PEF, Processed in Capture One Pro 3.77, Converted to 8bit Tiff and sized in photoshop, some white balance and level adjustment was made in C1P.
Jpg File: In camera set to 10 megapixel, "3 star" quality (out of 3), normal image tone, with sharpness +2, Contrast +1, some levels and color tweaked in PS
Neither image had sharpening applied in photoshop, the raw convertor has its own sharpening, but considering the camera tried to sharpen the jpeg, I consider this fair game, since the raw processor is taking over for the in-camera processor.
The Image.
Raw Crop (Click for Full Rez)
Jpeg Crop (Click for Full Rez)
So even after +2 on the sharpness setting in the camera, the jpg still seems to come out softer than the raw, but only by so much.
and some eye candy for some of the pentax lovers.