7D irregular noise

Hi,
I know this topic has been covered in so many threads and discussions, and I did my searches, but I still cant decide whether my condition is normal or a warranty issues...
It happens in almost every shot - sky, ground, blue, red, overexposed, underexposed, etc...
This shot came out straight of the camera, minus raw to jpeg conversion in lightroom. (flash used)

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Its maybe my imagination, but the noise pattern seems strange..
Thanks for the help.

That looks normal for a high ISO shot from one of canon's 18mp sensors.

Google '7D vertical banding noise'. You will get 577,000 results...

EDIT: The shot is at ISO400 which is by no means high ISO and this is vertical banding, not high ISO noise.

Shot at 400ISO, happening at lower values too.
Makis, my main conclusions from looking at the top results - it happens across all 7d`s, some bodies are better, and some are worse (like mine)?

EagleX wrote in post #15988952
Shot at 400ISO, happening at lower values too.
Makis, my main conclusions from looking at the top results - it happens across all 7d`s, some bodies are better, and some are worse (like mine)?

Right-O!

However, it happens mostly when you start playing with the sliders to 'bring out the shadows'... I don't do much of this...

Now for the bad news... Since it is not the high ISO type noise, your generic NR doesn't work.

Maybe some of the Noiseware/NIK plugins have some successful actions for this. Somebody will come up with a suggestion soon.

Here is a small sample of your photo in the shadows. See if you like the result lifting the shadows and I can post the entire photo in a dropbox.

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I am not certain, but I believe 7D turns off all in-camera noise reduction at or below certain ISOs... I suspect it might be around ISO 400. You might try shooting the same scene again at ISO 800 and see if it's cleaner. Also, you might try playing around with the in-camera NR settings, to see if that helps. I just don't shoot JPEGs at all, so can't really say. I shoot RAW and process throught Lightroom and Photoshop, using Noiseware plug-in on high ISO shots when needed.

This scene does show a lot of noise. It's underexposed, making it worse. Out of focus areas also show noise more strongly.

7D and the other 18MP cameras have noise, no doubt... In fact, all cameras do at all settings, but most apply some NR by default at all levels (more strongly at higher levels unless you turn it down or off). 7D doesn't apply much or any NR by default at low ISOs, leaving it up to the user to choose the level of NR they want to use. I believe 60D and the other 18MP cameras, aside from 7D, apply more NR by default at all ISOs.

To me the 18MP camera color noise it looks more random than earlier cameras... i.e., it looks more like film grain. IMO it's less of a problem, due to the more random appearance.