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09/23/2007 02:46:55 AM · #1 |
| Lately I've noticed an increase of noise in many of my images. I can't remember it being so bad, even bright outdoor light shots are suffering. Now I know my camera is getting on and I'm ready for an upgrade (D40 or 5D hopefully), but I'm curious whether this is something known or something others may have noticed in their aging cameras. |
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09/23/2007 11:06:30 AM · #2 |
you sure it's not just dust build up?
i had a 300d for three years and around 50,000 shots with it, i noticed more and more dust, but not more noise.
maybe more hot pixels on long exposures.
my brother is using that camera now and hasn't had any issues that he's mentioned.
Message edited by author 2007-09-23 11:07:47.
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09/23/2007 12:18:05 PM · #3 |
Or... over time have you become more comfortable shooting higher ISO than you were using in the beginning? Do you have any early images shot at the same ISO as now that you can compare? Another possibility is if you are under exposing more now than before as that will make more noise show up as well.
Anyway, I'm not saying it can't be an aging sensor ... never heard of such a thing ... but I certainly wouldn't rule it out without further evidence.
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09/23/2007 12:25:39 PM · #4 |
i noticed the same thing on my d50 and was thinking the same, if it could be the aging sensor...i noticed the problem on outdoor and even indoor studio shots (at the LOWEST iso, 200), the shadows are way more noisier than when i bought the camera one and a half years ago (i think it has around 30k shots).
gonna investigate a little more on this... |
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09/23/2007 12:28:37 PM · #5 |
i can't see the noise being from an aging sensor. the actual light sensitive receptors can burn out. but that would give you hot pixels or dead pixels. different than noise.
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09/23/2007 07:05:13 PM · #6 |
Well I've never heard of such a thing either, and I do get around the web a bit.
Perhaps I am getting more noise sensitive, I've tried to take that into account and it could just be that, however I still think the noise has increased. Perhaps it does have something to do with the light sensitive receptors.
I do have dust and I know how that looks, I shoot mainly with large apertures at 100 iso, unless there is so much dust that it is blocking out the light...eek! And it ain't dead pixels, it's noise.
Most likely I'm not exposing correctly.
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09/23/2007 07:13:16 PM · #7 |
not exposing correctly makes all the difference.
My 3 yr old d70 is going strong as ever, never been in for any sort of work. Pictures look as good as when I got them, no increase in noise that I can notice. |
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09/23/2007 07:43:59 PM · #8 |
| if there's such thing as "aging sensor = more noise" you would have heard it long long time ago from professionals..why? because those men/women rack up thousands of shots every time they're out shooting... |
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09/23/2007 08:11:17 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by nhuto:
if there's such thing as "aging sensor = more noise" you would have heard it long long time ago from professionals..why? because those men/women rack up thousands of shots every time they're out shooting... |
What does that have to do with the AGE of a sensor. Thats just being used. Most professionals use a camera for a year or 2 then its gone. The OP is referring to a camera that is several years old.
MattO
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