And continuing on with that thought.. I found the native ISO ranges, and the response to those ranges fairly true to what I'd expect if I had loaded a Spotomatic with film. In that regards the K10 feels like a pretty natural device next to a fridge filled with film.
I was originally caught up in wanting super high iso performance, and I'm not sure if i care anymore.
The more I print the more I'm, enjoying the psudo organic mess the sensor makes in textures and edges. I think I'd miss that if my it was totally clean. I suppose it would just allow me to take different types of photos, But I think I'd miss that noise as strange as that sounds.
I mean figure 1.
Christchurch being cleaned up This is probably cheating a bit as the subject is a massive mess, but this image is full of noise hot pixels the works. Yet it doesn't for me take away anything from the image. Actually in this example if anything it adds the fragility of the scene. What ISO would I have to shoot with modern day sensors to get that kind of feel? iso512000? Anyway, print it as 12x8 and its still plenty sharp, noise isn't an issue.
Maybe this shot if fairer
Figure 2
Embrace the high ISO! :P for somethings.