here, just did a shot where noise would be apparent

the left side with the nr feature turned off
the right with the camera's in built nr feature turned on

both straight shot jpeg (ofc shoot raw for further reduction)

the camera does very well at removing the chroma noise, imo, i would have shot raw and used dpp or other software like you said to remove the luminance noise

e/ both ISO 1600 at indoor dull light



This post was edited by doyleo on Jan 3 2009 09:08am

I looks okay. But i think the one with nr. feature is turned on is a bit unsharp. :S

thats why id have shot in RAW and processed them, therefore removing almost all the noise, and sharpening the image if necessary.

but for a feature id think it would be useful if you didnt have time for software etc!
and suprisingly the nr process didnt take any time at all.

Thats why i'd advise every SDHC camera user to go get a 4/8GB Sandisk eXtreme III. Sandisk say it will do around 20-30MB/s read-write and i got 60mb/s when i was transfering a load of RAW's to my pc. Very useful!


Hope i've helped ^^

What software do you use ?

You have Doyleo.

ofc all that stuff that came with the camera

and i also use

photoshop elements
microsoft paint


i dont belive that i should spend money on some adobe stuff worth 500 quid when i have somthing which has all the basic features of it.
plus for 700 quid i could buy an L series 200mm 2.8


what stuff do u use m8?

Great.

Software or hardware ?

both

Hardware
Canon EOS 450D
Canon 18-55mm IS
Canon 55-250mm IS
Canon 50mm 1.8
Velbon Deb-3 (Old one)
Lowepro bag (I going to buy a new one soon)
Hoya Uv filters
Hoya Pol filter
"Square Filter" Mount
Cokin "Square filter" Sepia
Cokin "Square filter" Blurred
Canon RC-1 Remote Controller

Software:
Picasa
GIMP

This post was edited by Qhotex on Jan 3 2009 09:48am

are the Canon 50mm 1.8 and Canon 55-250mm IS good?

The 50mm 1.8 is worth it! Sharp and cheap!

I have not tried the 55-250 much. It is 4.5 - 5.6, I need light.