sauceman

Wow. The setting was perfect, I wanted to catch the spring solstice full moon. It is one of the best full moons of the year.

So I set myself up, with what I thought were good settings on my camera, but the results show me I was all in the wrong. I took many pictures with different settings, but they all had more or less noise. Here's a good example of one with less noise:





What settings do I need to do to get rid of this noise?

And no , the answer isn't "get a Canon". At least not for now.

Dan Martin

Low ISO (i.e. 50 or 100) with a tripod is the way to go.

Dan Martin

You should also check out Neat Image for cleaning up noisy shots: http://www.neatimage.com/download.html

Here's what it does for your photo without tweaking any of the settings:



It would look a little better if you used the original resolution with neat image. Sometimes it can get a little soft after it's been filtered but that can be fixed if you have photoshop.

sauceman

There it is! I went with 400 ISO.

I have a tripod, but it's some crap I bought at WalMart while driving down to Fla. Found out the hard way it is not close to being rigid enough for long exposure pics.

Figured I would get the colors to come out better that way in low-light conditions.

BTW that fix is cool! Just downloaded it. That should cover up in part for my noobiness, hehe.

Dan Martin

On standard point and shoot cameras, anything over ISO 200 will be very noisy. Try to use as low an ISO as conditions will allow. If you're shooting hand held in low light, you might have to use a higher ISO to get your shutter speeds up and avoid camera shake. Noise can be fixed somewhat but camera shake can't.

sauceman

Yup. A few pictures I took in the darkness later I just took in sports/action mode, and it actually wasn't too bad.

RMATIC09

Noise?

leftride

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the graininess of the photo

ryanhook

Definitely the thing to do. You need to use a lower ISO, a longer time on the shutter, and a tripod -- kinda like I did in these photos: http://www.combustible.ca/hamilton/hamilton.htm

Oh, and buy a Canon.

waTSX

Or you can get a DSLR and happily shoot at ISO 1600 all night long!

waTSX

Sauceman, you can take solace in the fact that the composition of your shot is pretty darn good. Tripods are absolutely essential tools for the photographer.

Just make a few adjustments for next time and you'll come up with a really clean image. Compact cams are usually pretty bad in low light, as has been mentioned already.

If you haven't tried already, you can still apply neatimage to that photo.

Good luck.

sauceman

Thanks!

I will try neatimage for sure. I'll post it later.

Benz_05_TSX

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That's freaky~......It actually looks like a dude~

sauceman

dom

sauceman

the answer is: "sauce, I'll provide you with a sample of a rebel so you can feel the greatness of Canon Cameras"

dom

You missed your chance

sauceman

Tell me when it comes up again...