NOISE in BLACKS

[ksteiger]

I have 2 200's and 170. I have become hyper sensitive to the noise of the 200's. I see the noise in the (very) dark blue shirt but IMHO opinion I think that's the nature of the beast. Much has been said about this. The blacks look nice and back, however. I'm not sure the comparison between shots is completely valid either. I have always seen a lot of dancing pixels with reddish brown low level subjects like you have in the background in the shot on the right. I think the 2nd set of shots is generally higher contrast.
In my completely subjective opinion this does not look unusual for an original HVX.
I tend now to use low gamma and iris up a little if I can.
Just my 2 cents.
BTW what settings are you using?
Gamma, matrix etc.

[wilbah]

I've had my 200 for nearly 2 years now... and I'm feeling the same as you (thought of sending in for a refresh too). Maybe it's just me.... I find the camera performs SO much better in 100% artificially lit setups... Blacked out rooms, sufficient lighting it looks great.

Available, natural -or just even- light (like the kind of light in your band shot, and it's bad. I don't know if it's the lens, the sensor wearing out (getting dirty?). I mention the lens because I also notice that any flare, or light leaking toward the glass also makes it significantly noisier .

In looking at your screenshots, it almost confirms what's happening on my end. Try a portrait type / interview setup with your camera before sending it in, and see what you get.

I go into shoots knowing that I need to throw a whole lot more light than I would normally want to, in order to make sure I get a clean image, not a handicap at all... just being aware of what is needed to get a good look.

Do you really reset the camera before each shoot? I should try to get into that habit!

Also.. forgot to add that I lowered the detail settings, and the master ped after my reset, and it seems to have helped some, -or maybe it's just imagination....