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>>97749 The FZ8 will work well at ISO 200, too, and 400 is usable for black and white sometimes.
But yeah, OP: shoot raw, use noise reduction in Photoshop if you need it. If you're converting to black and white, avoid using lots of the blue color channel: it carries the most noise. Green carries the least. But that only works with monochrome images, unless you want a screwed-up white balance.
If you can, overexpose just a little bit. Don't burn anything out (run an Internet search for "expose to the right" and you'll find more detail on this), though. Then, when processing the raw file, pull back the exposure to where you want it. It's mostly used for increasing dynamic range, but it also reduces noise, so long as your shutter speed doesn't get too slow. (Long exposures increase noise, too, but not as much as high ISOs.)
Temperature also effects noise. If the sensor gets hot, it'll get much noisier. Don't store your camera in the sun or in a closed-up car on a hot day; keep it as cool as possible. And also, since it generates heat, the longer you're shooting, the noisier your shots will get. Don't worry too much about this; when it cools back down, it'll be back to normal.
Something I've found gives some extra pop to files, as well as hiding noise a little bit, is bumping up the "Blacks" slider in Adobe Camera Raw. Don't go overboard, of course.
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