Re: digital camera noise

From: Randy L. (_at_cableone.net)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 18:53:34 -0700

Rich,
    I just purchased an Olympus E-1 digital SLR. It has a Noise Reduction
feature for exposures in low light conditions, a manual bulb shutter time of
up to 8 minutes, and with ISO Boost turned on, ISO can be set all the way up
to 3200. I haven't tried any of these features out yet, but intend to
tonight as I am hoping to use it to take some aurora pictures. It is an
expensive camera, but so far the pictures that I have took during the day
look incredible. It's a camera that you might like to check out.

Randy L.

"RichA" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:5lkvo0p3ems4ek0itqvk4m8jqnnkn1tc3j@4ax.com...
> I've got an Olympus C-3040 and if I set it at 400 iso
> and let it expose for 16 seconds, it shows considerable noise.
> So, I put it in the fridge for a couple hours,
> chilled it to 35 deg. F, and took the same shot. Voila, no
> noise at all. Of course, I didn't leave the batteries in it
> when it was in the fridge.
>
> I'm looking at getting a digital SLR and from the reviews on
> dpreview.com, it's pretty clear that Fuji's S2 is far and
> away the least noisy of all the digital SLRs.
> -Rich

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