5DMKii & noise :help:

[ianmarsh]

Is it possible to configure the menu so that only the good ISO options are shown? That'd help.

I think you can set 5D to work in 1stop iso intervals

 

[cuthbert]

i get the exact same noise profile when i underexpose - i typically see this when i fire off a load of shots and my flash batteries are running low and it doesn't recycle in time - as you've seen from a few of my shots in the people and portraits forum, i shoot a lot of photos in a woodland environment where the lighting is variable and this can be enough to confuse the camera's meter - particularly if i've also AE locked and the sun has gone in!

you can sometimes help by matters simply by dialing in a little exposure compensation. by how much depends on lots of factors, but never more than a stop in my case.

but your camera is normal.

 

[Musicman]

I think you can set 5D to work in 1stop iso intervals

On the Mk1 it's 1/3 or 1/2 :shrug:

 

[User Name]

This any better? As others have said, this was caused by underexposure of the face. This is Noise Ninja with a very small amount of luminance removal.

 

[ianmarsh]

On the Mk1 it's 1/3 or 1/2 :shrug:

Sorry, I was too lazy to type out mkII - and I'm not even sure about that but I seem to remember it had that facility

 

[Button]

Thanks everyone for your help I got out with the camera today and tried upping the exposure compensation a little and most of my photos are fine. Also only used the inbetween ISOs which could have been what helped too.

Thanks User Name any keepers I had I did some noise reduction and it made a big difference.