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Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01

Started Jan 7, 2013 | Discussions
ChibitulSmecher Junior Member • Posts: 48
Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01

I bought an *istD back in 2004, and recently I got a K-01 with that 40 mm 2.8 XS lens.

Here is a quick shot, istD with 18-55 lens (original, not II) set at 40 mm, f/8, ISO 200, all green mode.. shutter time was 200

Second picture is with K-01 with 40mm prime, set at f/8, again all functions on auto (green). shutter time was 250.

It seems the exposure time was slightly different. That aside, here are the pics. Both were shot JPEG and resized to 1200 x ~800

here is 100% crop

Pentax *ist D Pentax K-01
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steve_K10D
steve_K10D Forum Member • Posts: 83
Re: Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01

Grandads still kicking ass , but remembering what the new price of a D was compared with k-01

OP ChibitulSmecher Junior Member • Posts: 48
Re: Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01

steve_K10D wrote:

Grandads still kicking ass , but remembering what the new price of a D was compared with k-01

I remember, *ist D was $1200 body alone (IIRC, 2004) and K-01 with 40 mm 2.8 pancake was $299.

t.messenger Regular Member • Posts: 105
Re: Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01

I have a DS and a K-01 coming, shooing raw and processing with LR I'm still impressed with the images from the old 6mp sensor also the great viewfinder makes it a joy to use.

John Cafarella Contributing Member • Posts: 986
Re: Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01
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The *ist photo looks good, but the extra dynamic range of the K01 is quite visible isn't it?

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John Cafarella
Melbourne, Australia

Rod Herdman Veteran Member • Posts: 3,494
Re: Great Grandfather *ist D meets Grandson K-01
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Nice comparison but to be fair the jpeg processing in the *istD was not the best, and if you processed RAW you could have got much more detail out of the *istD. I guess the K-01 jpeg processing is improved.

Cheers,

Rod

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All I want is a digital back for my trusty K1000 . . .

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