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Old 01-16-2008   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: E-3 noise control musings
Welcome toddbee (Todd?).

I have NF (noise filter) set to off for my E-3. It's only applicable to JPEG's anyway, and I find you get much more control over noise handling via a proper noise control software and RAW files. I don't find it an issue up to ISO 800 normally, and even ISO 1600 looks good to me. I'd rather have the image 'warts and all' and process it later than have the camera do it for me.

NR (noise reduction) is I think just dark frame subtraction in the Olympus definition of things. You can leave that turned on at all times as it shouldn't kick in unless for very long exposures, in which case you'd probably want it on anyway.
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