Originally posted by throndor It's been a few months since i got the K100D super.. So far i am mostly satisfied with it though there is one thing that has been bugging my mind lately...
The image, mostly in dim lit scenes suffer more noise than i would expect even at ISO 200.. I've never used a canon, a nikon or K10D, K20D so i do not know the noise performance on similar or higher end machines.. I looked up a few reviews but their results seem kinda better than what i get..
There is some though now much noise even at lowest iso setting..
Searched the forum and found a topic saying that theorically K100D has lower noise than K10D but the noise with K10D can be better dealth with with postprocessing..
Is there a noise issue with K100D super? And if i were to switch to K20D will i experience clearly lower noise or is it gonna be the same?
I do not think it's about the lens but mostly i'm using FA 50/1.4..
I can't set the ISO to 800 as the noise is above my standarts there.. And i think twice to set it to 400.. That practically noise-free sharp look is never there.. I'm stuck with ISO200 even at where i am not completely satisfied..
I think you may be being over-sensitive. Your expectation of a 'practically noise-free sharp look' at 400 ISO or higher viewed at 100% is unrealistic. The K100D is pretty good at high ISO, but you have to accept that the higher the ISO the higher the noise. No getting round it, apart from PP using Noise Ninja or Neat Image - which do a really good job, incidentally, if you use them with care. If you had worked with 'fast' film, you would know what real noise was like ...
The K10D is slightly noisier viewed at 100%, but at equivalent image size there is little difference - still less after a bit of Noise Ninja. Haven't used K20D.
At a normal print size viewed at a normal distance, is the noise you describe intrusive? Or are you looking at the image at pixel-for-pixel on the screen?
The noise 'issue' is over-rated generally IMHO so far as DSLRs are concerned, although I would accept it makes compacts largely unusable higher than about 200 ISO.
Tim