ISO with D60

[photoik]

I use the EOS D60 since 6month. My problem is the ISO
speed. I take indoor soccer shots, using Sigma 28-105/f2.8-4 with the Speedlight 550 EX. My ISO setting is 400! After editing the photos they are ok. Switching to ISO 800 or even 1000 the photos look really good in the camera, but on the computer they show too much noise and I'm not successful reducing the noise (Corel photo paint). Can anyone more "professional" help me what to do?

[mikeg]

If you wanna keep the 400 ISO settings, all you have to do is to buy/rent a lens with a wider aperture. At least f/2.8 ...

[photoik]

thanks Mike,

but lenses with wider aperture are really expensive. But what can I do to improve my quality with ISO 1000?
Thanks, Iris

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Iris,

http://www.michaelalmond.com/Articles/noise.htm Take a look at this article for a comparison of noise reduction software.

You might also try the noise reduction actions in Pekka's new LS D60. They seem to work quite well.

Regards,

[GenEOS]

I am interested in this as well.
Although, I have had good results with the ISO 1000 setting.
Your problem may be that your lens is not F2.8 all the way through. When you zoom, you go up to the f4 range of the lens. Do you find some of your shots acceptable at the wider settings?
I take indoor sports and night outdoor sports. I too don't have the deep pockets it takes to equip the D60 for the ideal shoot.
So, I have decided to buy fixed focal length lenses at the focal lengths I use the most.

I am curious if a lens of f2.8 at the high end of your zoom range would fix your problem...

Also, Are you shooting RAW mode of JPEG?

[photoik]

thanks for your idea. I will check the difference if I use the wider settings. I do the JPEG format, but I'll go and try RAW . Iris

[Hawkeye12]

are you printing your pictures or using them just on the computer.
some tricks for reducing the noise are to shoot with contrast set to low, sharpening set to low, and use medium JPEG.
another shot at cleaning up noise artifacts is to use NeatImage..........it will clean up a D60 image shot at 1000 ISO like you wouldn't believe............i believe you can download a trial version here........(after that if you like it, it's only $30) .......

http://www.neatimage.com

[lziering]

You might want to try a noise reduction plug-in for Photoshop. Visit this site: http://www.fredmiranda.com/

[photoik]

thanks for the reply. I need the photos for prints up to 8x10. Anyways I'll try the settings and I'll also go and download a trial version. Otherwise I might have to get an additional lens (100mm/f2).