After going through problem for over two years with the 20D that I believed were me and turned out to be the camera I don't want it to happen again.
I really like everything about the 40D except for noise. My 20D was far more noise free at every ISO. In fact the 20D had far less noise at ISO 800 than this 40D has at ISO 400. I use noise ninja on almost every shot. It happens with every lense that I own unless the subject is in good light. My tamron 24-135 which was my favorite lense on the 20D is completely useless on the 40D in any light. I attributed that to the fact that the tamron was not designed for digital but even my L glass is noisy.
I want this to be something that I'm doing but I'm seeing it constantly. It doesn't seem to me that I should have to use the high ISO noise reduction at ISO 500. Oh and I have never turned on the hi ISO noise reduction. The camera is set at default. I had the in camera sharpening turned off at first since I prefer to do my own sharpening but put it back to default.
These were with the 70-200 f/2.8 IS with the IS on. Not hurried and the image appeared rock steady.
I use lightroom but these RAWs were converted to TIFFs in dpp, resized and converted to JPEGs in CS2 then save for web just as they came out of the camera. The light was getting low which is the best time to get pictures of moose. Early morning is also a good time and when I have the most problems. That didn't come out the way that I ment it. I mean that I have the same problem morning or evening. Even in the middle of the day if it is a dark day. In good light I couldn't be happier.
These are crops.
ISO 400
f/4
1/160
@ 200mm
ISO 640
f/3.5
1/320
@ 200 mm
I really like everything about the 40D except for noise. My 20D was far more noise free at every ISO. In fact the 20D had far less noise at ISO 800 than this 40D has at ISO 400. I use noise ninja on almost every shot. It happens with every lense that I own unless the subject is in good light. My tamron 24-135 which was my favorite lense on the 20D is completely useless on the 40D in any light. I attributed that to the fact that the tamron was not designed for digital but even my L glass is noisy.
I want this to be something that I'm doing but I'm seeing it constantly. It doesn't seem to me that I should have to use the high ISO noise reduction at ISO 500. Oh and I have never turned on the hi ISO noise reduction. The camera is set at default. I had the in camera sharpening turned off at first since I prefer to do my own sharpening but put it back to default.
These were with the 70-200 f/2.8 IS with the IS on. Not hurried and the image appeared rock steady.
I use lightroom but these RAWs were converted to TIFFs in dpp, resized and converted to JPEGs in CS2 then save for web just as they came out of the camera. The light was getting low which is the best time to get pictures of moose. Early morning is also a good time and when I have the most problems. That didn't come out the way that I ment it. I mean that I have the same problem morning or evening. Even in the middle of the day if it is a dark day. In good light I couldn't be happier.
These are crops.
ISO 400
f/4
1/160
@ 200mm
ISO 640
f/3.5
1/320
@ 200 mm
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