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Pentax *istDL review with 18-55mm f3.5~5.6 DA lens Gordon Laing, December 2005


 



 




Outdoor
/ Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting

Outdoor scene - Pentax *istDL comparison

Pentax *istDL with 18-55mm lens at 40mm f8   To compare real-life performance we shot the same scene with each camera within a few minutes of each other using their best quality JPEG settings. We set the bundled lenses to f8 using Aperture Priority mode. The crops are taken from the originals and presented here at 100%.

The image left was taken with the Pentax *istDL using the 18-55mm DA at 40mm f8; the original JPEG measured 2.73MB. The camera's correctly metered for the subject and the image has plenty of detail, although no more than its budget rivals.

Pentax *istDL
Canon EOS-350D
Konica Minolta Dynax 5D
Nikon D50
Pentax *istDL crop 1
Canon EOS 350D crop 1
Konica Minolta 5D crop 1
Nikon D50 crop 1
1/500, f8, 200 ISO
1/200, f8, 100 ISO
1/400, f8, 100 ISO
1/250, f8, 200 ISO
Pentax *istDL crop 2
Canon EOS 350D crop 2
Konica Minolta 5D crop 2
Nikon D50 crop 2
1/500, f8, 200 ISO
1/200, f8, 100 ISO
1/400, f8, 100 ISO
1/250, f8, 200 ISO
Pentax *istDL crop 3
Canon EOS 350D crop 3
Konica Minolta 5D crop 3
Nikon D50 crop 3
1/500, f8, 200 ISO
1/200, f8, 100 ISO
1/400, f8, 100 ISO
1/250, f8, 200 ISO

Results continued...

Outdoor / Resolution / Noise / Corner sharpness / Fringe and macro / Geometry / Vignetting


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