I have an Oly-5060 , so I'm not sure how similar our cameras are, but looks like yours gives a lot of bang for - hopefully a good price. Every year they come out with niftier technology.

Maybe I'm not saying anything you don't already know? but here goes.

This is what I set up on my 5060.

I create custom mode settings that may include:

- set to shoot in raw (its not a default)
- turn noise reduction "on"
- open the raw pic files with Oly's camedia program and use the feature to work with the raw file -- includes noise reduction feature that you can run raw pic thru (I've seen this actually remove noise on night shots).

And finally, I use the lowest ISO I can get away with.

I'm still learning (and still learning about my 5060).



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I've been digital for about five years. Yes, the grain is an inherent part of low light digital photography, just as film grain is a part of high film speeds and low light. I have had pretty good luck with a program called Noise Ninja at www.picturecode.com. It's costs like $45 but there is a trial (unfortunately with a watermark) so you can test it. You put in a profile for your specific camera and ASA and it extracts the noise from your shot. It has saved me a couple of times. It operates as a plugin for Photoshop or as a stand-alone program. Good luck.

Here's a couple night shots taken with my Oly5060. If I'm understanding what "noise" is correctly (a sort of graininess - which I have certainly experienced) - how would you rate the graininess here? :

www.ctekpro.com/test/img/dance166.jpg

www.ctekpro.com/test/img/dancersbw06.jpg