I shot this in the low, low light of twilight at the end of the swim suit fashion show on Thurs. I can see some splotchy noise in the lefthand woman's left cheek. Part of the noise comes from a bit of underexposure. I had to increase exposure by half a stop in Aperture. Otherwise the image is unprocessed and no noise reduction was performed. While this performance doesn't put the camera into the rarified top classes of noise free cameras I think it's pretty respectable for a $600, 20 megapixel amateur-oriented camera. Just an observation for anyone who is interested and also to show Mr. Lonien what the camera looks like there.
Of course, when the noise gets sticky the cowardly run to the black and white settings. A little monotone hides lots of sins...
