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del
2142 days ago

nikon noise help

using the nikon d100, im desperately seeking noise reducing methods pre-production, and im already on the lowest ISO.. heard some murmurings about using different lenses....
wondering how much truth and proof there is behind that.
thanks

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songs
2142 days ago

Faster lenses or lenses with image stabilization will let you use lower iso. Since you are using the lowest iso already buying a new lense will not help you any. You might want to pick up a new camera, a Nikon D40 or D50 would actually give you better noise than your older camera.

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ben-s
2142 days ago

Have a look at noise ninja. It's supposed to be very effective.
http://www.picturecode.com/

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Chuck
2142 days ago

Trade it in for a Canon!!

Seriously though, Nikons always have noise issues, but I thought it was usually anything over 400.

Are you doing long exposures, or is this just in general shooting?

Also, are you shooting at the highest quality JPEG/RAW?

~Chuck~ http://www.chucksphotospot.com

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del
2142 days ago

this is general shooting!! fast shutter speeds.
it happens in both qualitites, RAW and JPG fine.
what is made differently with a canon in terms of noise?

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Chuck
2142 days ago

Nikon uses a CCD sensor, Canon uses CMOS. In theory, the CCD is less noisey than a CMOS. However, Canon has developed a processor and software that saves detail while removing noise.

That said, I think a lot of the new Nikons are using CMOS, but I could be wrong.

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songs
2142 days ago

The Nikon D2x uses a cmos sensor, the D2h uses a LBCAST sensor and the other Nikons use a CCD sensor made by Sony. It's the same sensor used in Pentax, Minolta and Sony DSLRs.

The D100 is a older camera and its been a few years and Nikon and other camera makers have developed techniques to reduce noise in the newer cameras. The best low noise camera for the Nikon is the D40.

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klarue
2136 days ago

Your question was about techniques for reducing noise pre-capture, but on the software side of the house post-capture you might want to check out a new noise reduction tool called Dfine 2.0.

It has some nifty features like auto camera profiling and good selective tools to apply noise reduction *only* where you need it. Free trial software, some interface shots and video lessons at: http://www.niksoftware.com/dfine

Cheers, Kevin

PS: full disclosure - I work for Nik Software, developers of Dfine 2.0.

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