ISO boost question for 500E

[swintonphoto]

I purchased an E-500 a few weeks ago, and am playing with the ISO Boost settings. What is everyones opinion about when to set the boost to "OFF", when to set it to "ON+NF" and when to set it to "ON"? My initial impression is that the ON+NF is generally the best unless I use 3rd party noise reduction program, then I set it to ON.
What do you think?
What about the built in Noise Reduction setting in the camera - when should this be on? Is it only for use with long exposures?

[gus]

I changed you thread title swin as there are not that many E-500 users here & we need to attract their attention.

:scratch hmmm...didnt change it on the original thread title.

Marloff ? You about ?

[wxwax]

I changed you thread title swin as there are not that many E-500 users here & we need to attract their attention.

:scratch hmmm...didnt change it on the original thread title.

Marloff ? You about ?
Need to click on Thread Tools/Edit Thread.

[kini62]

I purchased an E-500 a few weeks ago, and am playing with the ISO Boost settings. What is everyones opinion about when to set the boost to "OFF", when to set it to "ON+NF" and when to set it to "ON"? My initial impression is that the ON+NF is generally the best unless I use 3rd party noise reduction program, then I set it to ON.
What do you think?
What about the built in Noise Reduction setting in the camera - when should this be on? Is it only for use with long exposures?



I would leave the "boost" on without tne NF feature and use a 3rd party NR when needed.

Auto ISO won't go beyond 400 anyway (at least on the E-300). Plus with the E-500 you have 1/3 and 1/2 stop adjustment, dial in only as much as you need to get the shutter speed you want.

Gene

[Phil U.]

There's a couple of us hanging about.

Setting it to ON only enables the ability to use ISO 800 & 1600. It doesn't affect the performance of 100-400. Leave in on so you can use them when you need them. I agree also with leaving off the NF and use a noise reduction step in post processing.

[Bob&Glennie]

As far as I can guess Olympus provided the option to disallow ISO boost above 400 only as a fail safe to prevent accidentally straying into the noisey area. They anticipate that many users are going to be rank amatures who wouldn't have a clue that noise is integral with 1600 ISO. But I think you know better and you can make inteligent and informed choises. So allow the camera to go all the way to 1600, you'll find it quite useful.

Based on my experience with this camera I wouldn't bother with in camera noise reduction. It's not that effective. You'll find that at 1600 ISO the noise is not very bad with this camera and easily corrected in post processing.

Paint Shop Pro 9 has a terrific "Digital Camera Noise Reduction" dialogue which works very well in conjuction with USM. Go that route.

Bob

[marlof]

I'm about, Gus. But lately, happily there has been proof that I'm not the only E-system shooter around here. Yippee!

I'll have to agree with the previous posters: switch on the boost. It doesn't hurt the regular ISO values, and it gives you the option to use higher ISO. Try the higher ISOs (and do use third party noise reduction software, like Noise Ninja or Neat Image), and see if they are usable to you. It's all digital, so it's not like you're spending money on film when you're finding out. Just experiment a bit, it's all fun.