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Looking for some help with Noise/hot pixels
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 341037" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>There are a couple settings you should examine on your D3100: <strong>Noise Reduction</strong> and <strong>Active D-Lighting</strong>. The first option you want enabled (it's disabled by default) and the other you want disabled (it's enabled by default) for this type of long exposure, night-photography. Both of these options are in the "Shooting" menu (camera icon) of your D3100. </p><p></p><p>Enabling the Noise Reduction feature will, somewhat obviously, help reduce noise so you want this option turned on. The second option, Active D-Lighting, attempts to balance high contrast scenes and does a good job but at the expense of increased noise in the shadows. You don't need this sort of correction, or added noise, when shooting at night so you want to make sure this option is turned off. For shooting in daylight you may want to re-enable this feature.</p><p></p><p>If you don't have a manual since you bought used, you can download the <a href="https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16910/~/reference-manual---d3100" target="_blank">D3100 Reference Manual</a> directly from Nikon. This manual is much more expansive than the smaller User Manual.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">...</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 341037, member: 13090"] There are a couple settings you should examine on your D3100: [B]Noise Reduction[/B] and [B]Active D-Lighting[/B]. The first option you want enabled (it's disabled by default) and the other you want disabled (it's enabled by default) for this type of long exposure, night-photography. Both of these options are in the "Shooting" menu (camera icon) of your D3100. Enabling the Noise Reduction feature will, somewhat obviously, help reduce noise so you want this option turned on. The second option, Active D-Lighting, attempts to balance high contrast scenes and does a good job but at the expense of increased noise in the shadows. You don't need this sort of correction, or added noise, when shooting at night so you want to make sure this option is turned off. For shooting in daylight you may want to re-enable this feature. If you don't have a manual since you bought used, you can download the [URL="https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16910/~/reference-manual---d3100"]D3100 Reference Manual[/URL] directly from Nikon. This manual is much more expansive than the smaller User Manual. [COLOR=#ffffff]...[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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