Moose,
Thank you very much for this article. It is very informative. I did notice
some noise in the areas that you pointed out. I will definitely make more
use of ISO 100!
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Rainy Day Project - Now Just for Chuck
> On 4/6/2013 1:48 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Hi Moose,
>>
>> I have never found a difference in noise between ISO values of 100 and
>> 200
>> with the E-1.
>
> Try a shot like that at both. You aren't likely to see the ISO 200 noise
> in bright areas, or in small, dark areas in
> bright images, or in detailed areas. It's in large, relatively featureless
> areas, like the dark book covers and the
> shadowy area, upper right, where it shows up.
>
> Not that it's awful, or anything, but if using a tripod anyway, why not
> use the best ISO?
>
>> Somewhere, I seem to recall, it was said that 200 was the design ISO. I
>> could be wrong.
>
> You may not be wrong, in that you may well have read that. Anyone may post
> anything they like on the web.
>
> Then, fortunately, there are folks who go to the trouble to measure things
> like that. The measurements dpreview did for
> their review show definitely lower noise at ISO 100. It is perhaps easier
> to see in the graphs than the samples.
> <http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse1/15>
>
> I recall this clearly, as the visible noise difference, also seen in the
> graphs, between the E-1 and the Canon 10D was
> one of the factors that led me to go with a 300D (Same sensor system as
> 10D), rather than an E-1 for my first DSLR.
>
> Noisily Informative Moose
>
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