Tricks to getting less noise at high ISOs?

[Sinsemilla]

Doing my own tests on the 7D, I notice that noise usually creeps in at 800 ISO.

But I've seen some online clips where the ISO settings were above 1600 that show almost no noise. Is there a trick in camera or in post to get rid of the noise when using high ISOs? Or is it just the online compression that gets rid of it?

 

[boulder]

Neat Video plugin is the best I've found for reducing noise in post.

 

[shaocaholica]

Compression might get rid of some too. You can also add your own noise to mask the "digital" looking noise with something more filmic.

 

[Dan_Kanes]

I'll drop my saturation an extra notch or two in the picture profile menu, another thing you can do is this:

set your stills mode to raw.
turn white balance to auto
get a white card and put it in the lighting that is predominantly lighting the scene (presuming this is an available light situation)

shoot a still, well exposed of the white card. card should be in the middle of the histogram.

use the programmable white balance set to the still you took... probably a little overboard but it does help in weird lighting situations.

 

[Ethan Lane]

Compression might get rid of some too. You can also add your own noise to mask the "digital" looking noise with something more filmic.

There's a difference between noise and grain. You never want to add noise (unless you're michael mann...)

 

[Jawa Ex Machina]

There's a difference between noise and grain. You never want to add noise (unless you're michael mann...)

...in which case you also want to add AT LEAST three Audioslave songs.

 

[Loic]

Here is a neat video benchmark

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