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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 373167" data-attributes="member: 16090">I have had the D3300 for 7 months and have found that the noise starts creeping up at -4EV, which means that if I expose the bright areas perfectly, then darker areas beyond -4EV show noise. ISO 400 is -3EV and shows noise in non-bright areas. That is one of the reasons that when ever possible I shoot at ISO 100. Even there if you look up the shadows you can see the noise, that is life. Bigger pixels of FX sensor will give less noise. One thing about noise reduction is that the image becomes less sharp. So you need a software; like Photoshop; where you can segregate the bright areas - subject, from darker areas - background and assign them to different layers. You then apply aggressive NR to background layer and less to the subject layer. In Nikon software that is not possible.You can check noise at various ISO in this post<a href="http://nikonites.com/d3300/26137-subject-too-dark-post369715.html#post369715" target="_blank">http://nikonites.com/d3300/26137-subject-too-dark-post369715.html#post369715</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 373167, member: 16090"] I have had the D3300 for 7 months and have found that the noise starts creeping up at -4EV, which means that if I expose the bright areas perfectly, then darker areas beyond -4EV show noise. ISO 400 is -3EV and shows noise in non-bright areas. That is one of the reasons that when ever possible I shoot at ISO 100. Even there if you look up the shadows you can see the noise, that is life. Bigger pixels of FX sensor will give less noise. One thing about noise reduction is that the image becomes less sharp. So you need a software; like Photoshop; where you can segregate the bright areas - subject, from darker areas - background and assign them to different layers. You then apply aggressive NR to background layer and less to the subject layer. In Nikon software that is not possible. You can check noise at various ISO in this post [url]http://nikonites.com/d3300/26137-subject-too-dark-post369715.html#post369715[/url] [/QUOTE]

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