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04/05/2005 11:45:15 AM · #1 |
I have a Nikon D70. I am still a newbie with it. Now do I reduce the noise. If it was a radio. I turn it down. Ha!Ha!. I wish I never sold my manual camera. I have a Nikon N55 and the D70. every things auto. But if I but it on manual. I guess I am not to bright I have a hard time understanding the LCD numbers. They are so different then the manual.
If you can help I will be very greatful. If now we can call the white suits and have me committed. This camera drives me crazy sometimes.
By the way only had the D70 a month.
Have a photographic day.
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04/05/2005 11:57:34 AM · #2 |
Did you search the forums here? There is a lot there about noise reduction/Neat Image, etc. Also you might search your camera and see if others are having the same issue. Or //forums.dpreview.com/forums/forum.asp?forum=1034 DpReview also may have some help for you.
Good luck.
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04/05/2005 12:42:11 PM · #3 |
If you are shooting in one of the automatic modes, the camera may be selecting a high ISO. That will increase noise significantly. Another way that it's easy to get obnoxious noise levels is to underxpose and then try to bring it up too much in post-processing. Especially if shot at high ISO.
I suggest a quiet afternoon of experimentation with your camera, manual at hand. Set the camera in manual mode, and make sure you know how to set the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Experiment. Play with all the settings and see what you get. Once you are comfortable with the camera in manual mode, things will seem much easier.
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04/05/2005 01:57:06 PM · #4 |
Disregard all the "LCD numbers" except the ones you are familiar with and understand from your film shooting. You probably know about aperture as expressed in f stop numbers; and you probably know about shutter speeds as expressed in fractions of a second. ISO setting is the equivilent of film speed expressed as an ASA number. You can get decent images working with those 3 basics. As kirbic says- experiment. And gradually you will start to feel comfortable with all the other numbers and synbols displayed on your D70's LCD. The instruction manual will identify what each one represents and dpc will help you to gain a fuller understanding of how to use them all to improve your pictures. You don't have to master all those confusing little numbers before you can begin enjoying you camera.
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04/05/2005 02:15:23 PM · #5 |
I have had my D70 about two weeks now. I use the manual settings exclusively because I find it easier to adjust my settings and experiment then relying on the auto features and being disappointed. I also find it very easy to instantly adjust the ISO, aperture and shutter speeds and shoot. I have not noticed any noise.
I now love shooting in RAW mode and I have come to love Raw Shooters Essentials also (free download). You really need to read the camera's instruction manual and use the set ups it suggests for shooting in RAW.
RSE can't clear up the crappiest of photos but if they're just underexposed, they can definitely be corrected. I love both the D70 and RSE!
Oh yeah, I picked up a book from Barnes & Noble on the D70 also. It's VERY helpful. |
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04/05/2005 02:22:01 PM · #6 |
To see where my camera started to display unacceptable noise, I covered the lens and shot totally black pics at all ISO settings, shutter speeds, and f stops. Well, most of them anyway. I then pulled them up and zoomed in. I found noise was a problem at high ASA settings, particulary at slower shutter speeds and more open f stops. Try it. You'll find out first hand where you camera displays unacceptable noise.
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