udaman
Wannabe Storage Freak
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Wow, that sounds like a huge improvement since it's a 14 MP sensor. Who makes the sensor? It isn't Pentax or Samsung's is it? I am going to guess Sony.
Speaking of low noise at high ISO, check out the last few shots from the D300 sample gallery. Not bad:
http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/nikond300_samples/
one to 1 & 1/2 stop improvement, that's subjective. you'll note that on the dpreview of the D300, all 4 of them have the same DR, just a matter of what they are better at one end or the other, highlights or shadows, at respective ISO.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0801/08012312pentaxk20dhandson.asp
The biggest new feature to appear on the K20D is the upgrade to a new 14.6MP CMOS sensor co-developed with Samsung (and manufactured by Samsung).
Wouldn't be Sony, take a look at ISO 6400 for the A700 compared to the D300, while neither is great (desperation shots only in comparison to the nice D3 shots @ISO6400), clearly the D300 is doing a better job than Sony in processing. Haven't seen K20D @ISO6400, but considering how poor the Samsung PnS sensors are, wouldn't get my hopes up.
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond300/page30.asp
One area that might be debatable on the D300 review from dp, is that the Sony LV maybe the best yet in the newly released entry level dSLR's---they use pentamirror instead of prisim, rather than the D300's. (will be interesting to see how Sony's LV implementation works on their FF high-end model they may release later this year)