Originally posted by hnikesch I understand your pain, Like Larry said try denoise or bump up the in camera high ISO NR a bit. The in camera noise reduction isn't bad if you don't have the software to do it. And as for you phone remember you are looking at those images in a very small screen, they fall apart after you import them and look at them on a monitor.
That is a good point. I've stopped shooting in low light for now and just rely on it in good lighting. Since the firmware upgrade things seemed to have improved slightly but I haven't really given it a proper go in not so well lit areas again. IQ wise it doesn't come up to scratch compared to my k-01 but I guess it really is comparing oranges to apples. I guess in my unrealistic mind, with the way technology goes these days I just expect a dslr mirrrorless camera to outperform your every day phone or whatever, regardless of size of sensor etc.
And when I said 'my phone' I really meant I was comparing shots taken with my friend's iphones compared to my noisy ones taken on the q, both imported into facebook (where we share our photos for the mother's group).
I will look into the high ISO NR. Perhaps that will make a difference.