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I've had my Canon 30D since they came out and in the past year or so the noise is increasing a lot in my photos. Is it normal for bodies to do that as they age?
mb66energy said:I have not observed an increase in general background noise in my cameras (including a G2, 10 years old) but I see some "firing" subpixels/pixels which are always on - if and only if I have long term exposures (1/4 s and above) on all cameras (CCD and CMOS on 20D/40D), increasing perhaps one subpixel per year ... easy to correct.
IMO it might be radiation damage from cosmic particles.
My pictures exhibit more noise if I try to correct the curves of images taken at extreme lighting conditions. I switched from JPEG to RAW and I learned to use Canons DPP more extensively to increase the visibility of textures in shadowy or highlighted regions of images. So this is my reason, that I SEE more noise compared to earlier images.
Another reason might be the temperature rise by climate change ... just kidding, that's to slight to affect noise production by sensors ... do you use live view more extensively? Perhaps moved to a warmer region? Higher environmental temperatures/chip temperatures increase noise slightly.
Just another point: I decided to shut down all noise cancelling options in DPP. Since that I have slightly more noise in the pictures but MUCH better sharpness resulting in higher reproduction quality of fine textures!
Perhaps it helps - combined with te4o's thoughts - to understand your observations!
Best - Michael
AJ said:I read the title of the thread, and I was going to write something about my creaky knees, rumbling gut, and frequent passing the gas.
But then I realized you're talking about something else