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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 217436" data-attributes="member: 16749">If you're using the term “noise” correctly, then your lens isn't the issue.  The amount of noise in your pictures would be dependent on the ISO value at which you're shooting.  The higher the ISO value, the more sensitive the sensor is in low light, the more noise you'll get in the picture.  It rather neatly corresponds to the connection in stone-aged photography between film speed and graininess.  Try setting the camera in one of the PSAM modes, and set the ISO to 100.  I bet you'll then see much less noise, if any at all.  Shooting in better light may help as well, though the ƒ1.8 lens ought to let you shoot pretty well even in fairly low light.</blockquote>