Hi all, did a quick search on this, and found nothing, so here goes.
I have in my hot little hands one K7. Noise in Jpg and raw is not impressive relative to the K200d it is replacing.
I am interested in shooting iso 400-800. I'd prefer Jpgs (one of the reasons for picking up this camera), but will still go Raw when needed. I have played around with the low shutter speed NR, and high iso settings (- set to low ). I am using the muted, natural and portrait settings, have distortion and aberation turned on and highlight compensation and DR extension settings off.
I have two questions:
1. The High/Low key setting seems to really have an impact on the visible noise. When I set it back to the negative setting, a LOT of the visible noise seems to disappear (out to 1600 with the muted setting). Does anyone else have comments regarding this issue?
Does anyone have any useful settings for this, and the Contrast settings relative to noise?
2. I usually shoot Raw. What settings in adobe camera raw (I use elements) do people find good at iso 400-800?
Do I need to take it back and buy the KX (the plastic on which creaks BTW).
Last edited by Clarkey; 10-18-2009 at 05:56 PM.
Reason: Yes you can set noise reduction to kick in at 400. Operator error...