With a handful of beta K-7s in the wild, sample images and videos are starting to trickle in from various parts of the world, including Korea, China, Russia, Germany and even my home state of Oregon. I suggest viewing the originals rather than the compressed versions that I’ve used in the post.
The first image (JPEG) comes from Russia of some beautiful water lilies shot at ISO 200.
The following two images (RAW+) come from Germany and were both shot at ISO 200. You can grab the RAW files here after signing up.
Download the original here
Download the original here
A batch of photos from the same individual that first stirred up the K-7 rumors has the most interesting photos but there’s no EXIF data. The nighttime shot looks good, but there’s no way of knowing for sure.
High res (800×531)
Other samples from the dpreview forums can be seen here.
The first video comes from Korea and was uploaded to YouTube by a Pentax Forum member. The original file can be viewed here. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t see much jello effect going on.
And the following is some footage taken in Astoria, Oregon. Dave isn’t around to tell me exactly where it is, though.
via Pentax Forums
I love how Space Battleship Yamato suddenly appears at 1:07 in the Astoria video.
Here is a mirror for the missing video
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4SZGZV8B
Did anyone else notice the disturbing color noise in the shadows on those two church pictures? Overall the sharpness is poor and the contrast is way too high. Strange because the water lily pic is gorgeous with no hint of noise.
Looking at the DNGs of the church, I would say they were grossly underexposed, thus the high shadow noise.