Sareesh Sudhakaran Bumping up the ISO has its drawbacks: It increases visible noise. It reduces dynamic range. Here’s a test from ISO 102,400 to ISO 100 (click to enlarge images): EXIF – 1/3 to 1/3200 shutter, f/4.5 at 51mm on a 28-70mm f/3.5-5.6mm lens. Standard picture profile. X.Fine JPEG quality 12MP. Multi-metering, underexposed by -0.7EV. Compressed to a … Read more
This is not available for RAW, only JPEGs. This is a setting hidden away in ISO: Menu A > Page 5> ISO > Multi Frame NR (the first option). The camera shoots multiple images and combines them to form one image, with low noise. The ISO AUTO Maximum and Minimum settings apply to Multi Frame NR … Read more
Long Exposure NR, when on, works whenever the shutter is above 1 second. All cameras have a tendency to add noise when the shutter is open for a long time. This might help to reduce it. Once the image is clicked, you must wait until the noise reduction process is over before you can click another picture. … Read more
This setting is not available for RAW images or video. High ISO NR reduces noise at high ISOs. You have two settings: Normal – for moderate noise reduction. Low – for lower noise reduction. If you select this, you might have to wait till your image is processed before you can shoot again. In practice, … Read more
Bumping up the ISO has its drawbacks: It increases visible noise. It reduces dynamic range. Here’s a test from ISO 102,400 to ISO 100 (click to enlarge images): s Disregard all artifacts. They are caused by JPEG compression. Takeaways You can group ISOs like this: ISO 100-400 – Best quality. Obviously, for the most demanding … Read more
This is not available for RAW, only JPEGs. This is a setting hidden away in ISO: Menu A > Page 5> ISO > Multi Frame NR (the first option). The camera shoots multiple images and combines them to form one image, with low noise. The ISO AUTO Maximum and Minimum settings apply to Multi Frame NR … Read more
Long Exposure NR, when on, works whenever the shutter is above 1 second. All cameras have a tendency to add noise when the shutter is open for a long time. This might help to reduce it. Once the image is clicked, you must wait until the noise reduction process is over before you can click another picture. … Read more
This setting is not available for RAW images or video. High ISO NR reduces noise at high ISOs. You have two settings: Normal – for moderate noise reduction. Low – for lower noise reduction. If you select this, you might have to wait till your image is processed before you can shoot again. In practice, … Read more
You shoot RAW for best image quality, and you shoot JPEG for ease of use, speed and storage space. Here are the sizes of a typical 42MP image*: X.Fine JPEG: 27 MB Compressed RAW: 43.2 MB *The sizes will vary by a bit depending on the kind of information you’re shooting. That’s a savings of about 40%. … Read more