noise .. and lots of it??

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darrel neaves

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i have been given a olympus e450 dslr ... i am completely new to dslr's ( i have had point and shoot dig compacts before) don't know any thing about A S M P 's ... iso's ... flash setting etc... i am a digital artist .. so composition and knowing what makes a good photo .. is fine . But ALL my photo,s are coming out noisey in the dark areas .. inside and out shots .. with on camera and external flash ... i need help with settings ... mainly to see if it is a fault with camera .. of the idiot using it!!

for example .. if i wanted to take a shot in my living room (lounge,font room etc) ... lighting from 2 windows either side .. grey cloudy winter day,,, and a cheap ext flash .. what would i have do check and do to settings (in laymans / 5 yr terminoligy please) to get a good non-noisey image

can any one help??:thinking:

Darrel
 
Oh I don't know, my 7 year old can work the Tv/DVD better than me! :)

If you can post a pic then we can see the data behind it and see if we can help, simply knowing what the settings are now will help. :)
 
Never played with a 450 but it probably has a Gradation setting in the menu somewhere. By default this is set to Auto and it does cause increased noise in darker areas. Try setting it to Normal and the amount of noise should reduce.
Also, ensuring the image is not underexposed at all helps immensely with noise. If shooting a low light scene I usually add expose compensation of .3 or .7 of a stop if possible. (That decreases shutter speed so moving subjects can then present a problem). Bringing the exposure back in computer software results in a much less noisy image.
 
also check the iso - if its on auto it could be bumping it up when not needed, which would increase noise.
 
Craft said:
also check the iso - if its on auto it could be bumping it up when not needed, which would increase noise.
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agreed..P is a sort of auto but you get to choose the iso...
set your camera at the lowest iso and take the shots on P..it wont bite
it just usually sets up the speed as a priority in the programme...so you find lots of lower lit shots are at wider apertures than you may want...but the speed is biased to combat camera shake

do the shots again with a support...for the camera...not a jockstrap
the back of a chair with a cushion will do...tripod if you have it
then look at the shadow areas

shadow areas arent your friend unless you spend a lot on a dslr as i am told
 
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