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Noise Anonymous
Dear /P/,

How do I take photos with minimal noise? ISO settings, f stops, exposure time, flash, etc.

Thanks!
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>> Anonymous
>>57824
They are different for every picture you take. Just have enough available light. If not, use a good amount of flash. This way you'll probably get rid of noise, but now you have to worry about overexposing your picture. Lower ISO usually gets you less noise.
>> Anonymous
The higher the ISO (sensor sensitivity), the more noise you'll get. The other settings just let more light in the sensor.

So, to get less noise... you'd have to shoot with ISO = 800 or lower, depending on camera. In order to not underexpose your picture, you'll have to set aperture and/or exposure time and/or flash to compensante for the number of stops you lost by lowering the ISO.

For more info on stops... google.
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>57827
ISO < 800 for a digital SLR.

If it's point & shoot, you should keep your ISO below 100.

The only other thing that really effects noise is exposure time. A longer exposure gives the sensor more time to get noisy. But ISO is the main thing.
>> Anonymous
I'm no photographer (heck, I don't even own a camera!) but closed-back headphones greatly reduce ambient noise.
>> Anonymous
>>57919
lol I am wearing them now and they do help!

Maybe the headphones have less ISO themselves?!!
>> Anonymous
>>57829
That's a bit of overkill. ISO 800-1600 images from good DSLRs are salvageable with NeatImage unless you need xbox-sized prints. For P&S cameras, ISO 100 is usually perfectly usable (there are some exceptions, mostly Panasonic and Samsung), and ISO 200-400 requires some NeatImage.
>> street-pirate
Software based noise removal sucks. You have to sacrifice too much sharpness to remove a reasonable amount of noise.

Noise is more apparent in dark portions of the image, so using flash can help.
>> Anonymous
>>57829
My Canon S3 IS can shoot ISO 200 just fine.

>>58168
Yeah. When I shoot at ISO 400, a little NeatImage is needed and that usually does the trick.

>>58203
I really see no loss in quality when using NeatImage. Of course the finest of details at full res are blurred the tiniest bit, but it's hardly noticeable.
>> Anonymous
>>58223
same here with s3 but, my definitions of "little" are a "little" different from yours...
iso 400 is barely usable...
but it's better than shaky pictures...
BUT!
I'd rather shoot noisy underskirt pictures than blurry underskirt pictures =D
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
>>58409
You sir, are a sick pervert.

So... gonna post 'em?