ASA1000 picture too grainy?

[benny]

WOW! Gone for a weekend and this has become quite a discussion!

Will try to post the settings and a cropped section of an unsized down portion of the picture later.

Choy, the picture was color corrected, USM was applied and some sediments were removed manually. All in all, the above should not reduce the grainy effect of a ISO 1000 setting. If anything at all, the USM feature should amplify the grain of the picture.

Till later.

Cheers,

[benny]

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On 9/19/2003 4:07:10 PM

I find it's fine. May I know wat is your settings?

-FND->
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Hi FND,

Here's the detailed setting...


File Name
IMG_3154.JPG
Camera Model Name
Canon EOS D60
Shooting Date/Time
9/19/2003 1:39:35 AM
Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv( Shutter Speed )
1/250
Av( Aperture Value )
22
Metering Mode
Evaluative
ISO Speed
1000
Lens
100.0mm
Focal Length
100.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
Fine
Flash
On
Flash Type
External E-TTL
Flash Exposure Compensation
0
Red-eye Reduction
Off
Shutter curtain sync
1st-curtain sync
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
Manual Focus
Parameters
Contrast Normal
Sharpness Normal
Color saturation Normal
Color tone Normal
File Size
3369KB
File Number
131-3154
Custom Function Settings
02:Shutter button/AE lock button
0:AF/AE lock
03:Mirror lockup
0isable
04:TV,AV and exposure level
0:1/2-stop
05:AF-assist beam/Flash firing
0:Emits/Fires
06:Shutter speed in Av mode
0:Auto
07:AEB sequence/auto cancellation
0:0 => - => +/Enabled
08:Shutter curtain sync
0:1st-curtain sync
09:Lens AF stop button Fn, switch
0:AF stop
10:Auto reduction of fill flash
0:Enable
11:Menu button return position
0:top
12:SET button func, when shooting
0efault
13:Sensor cleaning
0isable
14:Superimposed display
0:On
15:Shutter release without CF card
0:Possible without CF card
Drive Mode
Single-frame shooting

This is the first time I ever looked at it and it's quite interesting that the camera records every detail setting. Very convenient! Now I don't need pen and paper beside me anymore when I shoot. Actually, I never bothered.

Cheers,

[benny]

Hi guys,

Here's the cropped but not sized down picture.



Grain is VERY evident here.

For comparison again, the sized down picture..



So, in my opinion, if you have enough resolution to size down the picture, the final result will be fairly acceptable for screen as well as 4R prints. Otherwise, don't shoot at the ISO 1000 setting.

Cheers,

[hwchoy]

benny, sibeh grainy