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I've today taken some interior shots with incandescent lighting (worse case scenario) at different levels of ISO and in camera noise reduction settings.
I have yet to compare another D500 ( will try the WEX demo model in next few days) but my conclusion is that by setting the camera at LOW NR since I got the camera, I have been unwittingly fallen between two stools.
With no sound assessment to back up my logic, I had assumed that using low rather than normal setting would be beneficial (bearing in mind my foolish perception that 3000-4000 iso isn't HIGH anymore) thus eeking out a little more in camera sharpness.
I understood that having NO NR setting would run the risk of HAVING to do something in the computer later but thought (we all know what thought did) I would be ok with LOW. WRONG.
Looking on desktop screen at the series of shots I can categorically say the following....
NO NR..... noise becomes evident above 800 iso
LOW NR..... noise becomes evident above 2000 iso
NORM NR..... noise becomes evident above 4000 iso
HIGH NR..... noise becomes evident above 6400 iso
Which in part explains why my 4000 bird shots at LOW setting were too noisy for my taste.
I've now set it to NORM for next outing. But will also see if the WEX demo model behaves similarly. My model may still be a bit below par.
I also took some shots at 1,600,000 iso. Now that IS noisy...even with HIGH NR setting. Will post some examples when I get a moment .....have pulled tendons in my ankle, so hobbling to office desktop computer is even more of a pain.
Last edited on Fri Dec 28th, 2018 07:12 by Eric
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