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Help...

I bumped my ISO all the way to 1600 the other night to take some indoor shots without a flash. But I then forgot to reset it and all the shots I took yesterday are looking pretty grainy....

Has the fat lady sung?
Is playing with noise reduction going to help much? (this is new ground for me)
I am using NCE v4.2

Any advice would be appreciated...

Cheers
Gecko

Wish there was something like a voice message when you switch your camera on like:

"Hey idiot, you're in ISO 1600 and your focus point selection is off centre."

I know it would of saved me heaps of times after knocking the focus selector from locked and then accidently switching the position.

HI Gecko,

It'll depend a little on what sort of shots you took yesterday and how well exposed they were... I've seen shots on this forum that were taken at 1600 but didn't have any sign of noise because they were well exposed...

Some shots will respond well to noise reduction, others won't...

You could try playing with Noiseware to see if it will improve things for you. Download the free version that is called the Community Edition and give it a try.
http://www.imagenomic.com/download.asp

True true true
I too was having a panic attack one day when my focuing was going strange - took me a while to figue out what was going on....

I have not had a really good look at the images yet, but my initial impression is that the shots taken with the kit lens at fairly close range seem OK.... images at 300mm are quite ordinary, perhaps the long, slower lens is accentuating the problem......

Maybe a little laminated card is the answer: a list of things to check before starting an important photo shoot - I guess pilots do something similar before they take off....

Gecko

Hello Leek

The images were of some kayakers in a pretty shady narrow creek. Exposure seems OK
The noise seems to be most noticable in the darker areas of the images...

I didn't bring any of them into work with me today, I will post some tomorrow to give you an idea....

Cheers
Gerard

as long as you get that lens cap off, you're off to a good start !

A longer, slower lens will only accentuate the problem if there's not enough light to enable suitable shutter speeds to give appropriate exposure. As mentioned, if exposed correctly the noise CAN be minimal (depending on what you are shooting, of course).

I'd chalk this up to user error....we all do it

this is why you have got to love the little screen on the back of the D2x, indicating all the vitals like ISO, RAW/JPEG etc.

I have fallen for this trick a few times. I now try to get into a routine setting up the same way each time i start a new photo session.