S2IS NOISEY

[GyRob]

its fine at 50 iso and 100 but go to 200 and it shows and is really bad at 400 ,anyone else found this ?
i would have thought Canon would have been on top of noise by now.
Rob.

[nwyman]

its fine at 50 iso and 100 but go to 200 and it shows and is really bad at 400 ,anyone else found this ?
i would have thought Canon would have been on top of noise by now.
Rob.

I thought noise at the upper ISOs was unavoidable, and that those settings were only to be used as a last resort?
I'm still loving the S2, having taken a neat shot (or so I think) of a dragonfly this afternoon - and not even in macro mode.
Can be seen at:
www.nwyman.blogspot.com (http://www.nwyman.blogspot.com)

if anyone cares to look.
Nancy

[S45_fornow...]

its fine at 50 iso and 100 but go to 200 and it shows and is really bad at 400 ,anyone else found this ?
i would have thought Canon would have been on top of noise by now.
Rob.

That's not new news. Every review of the S2 so far has noted the noise at ISO 200 & 400. That's just the tradeoff for having a P&S digicam with a 432mm equivelent zoom lens....

Its also the sensor size / lens combo. Have you ever seen any ISO 400 pics from the G5? Truly nasty.

Nice pic of the praying mantis, Nancy. I've been waiting to get a pic of one of those, but I never have my cam with me when I see one.

[GyRob]

i knew it would be noiser than my mk2 but did think it would be better than it is as it a new cam.
oh well i can live with it if thats the way its got to be .
Rob.

[Andy_T]

Rob,

try using it at ISO 50 exclusively.
That's normally the way to go for small sensor digicams.

Noise at 200 will be worse than 3200 on the MKII.

Best regards,
Andy

[bomji23]

Check out the program Neat Image at
http://www.neatimage.com/index.html?52

Jim

[guitarman]

i knew it would be noiser than my mk2 but did think it would be better than it is as it a new cam.
oh well i can live with it if thats the way its got to be .
Rob.

I just returned the Panasonic FZ30 for exactly the same reason. Even at ISO 80 it just had too much noticable noise to deal with. Even using a really good NR program although cleaning up the noise it created too much softness for my liking. I've been too spoiled by the clean shots from the 20D and I guess I'm cursed to lug it around everywhere I go.

[GyRob]

well try luging round a 1dmk2 with a 400mm on it lollol your 20d wont seem so bad ;)
i have set my s2 on 50 iso as mentioned quite happy with it on that setting.
Rob.

[ghocking]

Yes I get a lot of noise at high ISO and long zoom, but what do you expect from a small sensor cheapish P&S. In the right conditions the results are excellent.

[intensity]

I've been too spoiled by the clean shots from the 20D and I guess I'm cursed to lug it around everywhere I go.Re: that curse ~ I'll lug it around if that helps...;)