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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 374729" data-attributes="member: 9240">With the D7100 it becomes a little rougher after 1600, but still, it's not horrible, and when it's the difference between getting the shot and not I'll take a little noise.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's funny, but when you look at photos that win big wildlife contests they almost always have some level of noise.&nbsp; We internet forum denizens worry about it a little too much.&nbsp; Acceptable noise really depends on the photographer more than the audience.&nbsp; Capture a shot correctly and it lives above any noise that might be there.And yes, Vixen, knowing how and when to deal with it in post is of utmost importance.&nbsp; There are some great tools available.&nbsp; I've got to sit down with my brother and debrief him on the method he used to profile each of his cameras for noise levels at various ISOs.&nbsp; Essentially he worked settings for each sensor and ISO level within Nik Dfine 2.0 so it reduces Color and Contrast noise just enough without going into the &quot;over smoothing&quot; stage (defaults are always at 100, but for most ISO's I can bring Color down to about 30 and Contrast in the 60-70 range).&nbsp; I do it first, with no sharpening in LR/ACR, after only a basic levels adjustment to get the overall light right.&nbsp; Then I do the rest of my post work, which will only amplify any noise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 374729, member: 9240"] With the D7100 it becomes a little rougher after 1600, but still, it's not horrible, and when it's the difference between getting the shot and not I'll take a little noise. It's funny, but when you look at photos that win big wildlife contests they almost always have some level of noise. We internet forum denizens worry about it a little too much. [I]Acceptable[/I] [I]noise[/I] really depends on the photographer more than the audience. Capture a shot correctly and it lives above any noise that might be there. And yes, Vixen, knowing how and when to deal with it in post is of utmost importance. There are some great tools available. I've got to sit down with my brother and debrief him on the method he used to profile each of his cameras for noise levels at various ISOs. Essentially he worked settings for each sensor and ISO level within Nik Dfine 2.0 so it reduces Color and Contrast noise [I]just enough[/I] without going into the "over smoothing" stage (defaults are always at 100, but for most ISO's I can bring Color down to about 30 and Contrast in the 60-70 range). I do it first, with no sharpening in LR/ACR, after only a basic levels adjustment to get the overall light right. [I]Then[/I] I do the rest of my post work, which will only amplify any noise. [/QUOTE]

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