NOT Flashing at Duxford – 10Dec11

Having sort of got to grips with the ins and outs of the on-camera flash, I was going to give my LED panel a bit of a work out but instead it stayed in my camera bag. I got a bit preoccupied with another feature of the Sony Alpha cameras as I was experimenting with the Multi Frame Noise Reduction feature which works in conjunction with the ISO. Basically it’s the same as the Hand Held Twilight mode in taking six frames of the same image and applying noise reduction to them to make one image with reduced noise. Here it’s a manual feature unlike the Twilight Mode in which the camera decides on the settings. ISO 3200 looks about the maximum for noise reduction as ISO 6400 was beginning to show some graining (noise) or that could just be down to me not using the right settings. The Instruction Manual advises having the camera mounted on a tripod for this feature but I was using it hand held and even waving it about on the end of a monopod.

ISO3200 – F8 – 1/13sec

ISO6400 – F8 – 1/15sec

ISO1600 – F5.6 – 1/8sec

ISO6400 – F9 – 1/25sec

ISO1600 – F8 – 1/40sec

ISO6400 – F10 – 1/60sec

ISO1600 – F8 – 1/40sec

ISO3200 – F8 – 1/25

ISO1600 – F8 – 1/20sec

Although some of the images look like repeats in this screen shot, they are actually at the different settings I was trying out.

Sony A580/11-18mm lens shot in Jpeg.

Brian