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[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Doing a search at DPreview brought up this tidbit...

You might want to check out Noise Ninja.

I've heard good things about Noise Ninja. So I take it the "banding" issue is a normal feature of the camera.

I would say so, but it seems to have verying degrees. Some say, if you take a photo with the right exposure, it's not a problem. Also, you might turn off noise-reduction.

 

[kitkit201]

come'on.. you are shooting at 3200.. you are letting so much light into the lens, what do you expect...

The plus side is that canons have an iso of 100.. great for day shots!.. but anything over 800 starts to get very noisy..

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: kitkit201
come'on.. you are shooting at 3200.. you are letting so much light into the lens, what do you expect...

The plus side is that canons have an iso of 100.. great for day shots!.. but anything over 800 starts to get very noisy..

Nah. I shoot often with ISO 800 and sometimes 1600. The 20D/CMOS sensor excels at low-light conditions. Non-CMOS camers, like my A510, can barely take more than ISO 200.

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: Doggiedog

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Doing a search at DPreview brought up this tidbit...

You might want to check out Noise Ninja.

I've heard good things about Noise Ninja. So I take it the "banding" issue is a normal feature of the camera.

I would say so, but it seems to have verying degrees. Some say, if you take a photo with the right exposure, it's not a problem. Also, you might turn off noise-reduction.

I'll try turning off the NR. I haven't had time to completely tweak this camera.

 

[GTaudiophile]

You also need to ask yourself, how important is it that everything look perfect at 100%? You certainly would not post a pic that size on the Internet!

Shrink it down in Photoshop and tweak it a little.

Another ISO800 Example (Tweaked)

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
You also need to ask yourself, how important is it that everything look perfect at 100%? You certainly would not post a pic that size on the Internet!

Shrink it down in Photoshop and tweak it a little.

Another ISO800 Example (Tweaked)

Typically I use ISO800. I think I used ISO3200 for that batch of pics bc the restaurant people asked me not to use my flash.

 

[Anubis]

This is ISO 800 from the D70 SIgma 100-300 f/4 @ 240mm f/4 1/50s Handheld

 

[flexy]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Pic

I think the ISO is 800. There seems to be a lot of banding near the top. It also appears on a bunch of other pictures I took.

I never noticed this problem until just now.

i see jpeg artifacts....but banding ?