Fuji includes Frame Stacking in FinePix S200EXR--Any other camerasdo this out of the box?

The new FinePix S200EXR has a feature called "Pro Low-light Mode" which
does automatic frame stacking and processing of four frames in order to
achieve noise levels that rival that of a D-SLR.

This seems like a good, if brute-force, method of solving the high noise
issue at higher ISO's of small sensor cameras. Does anyone else do this
sort of thing out of the box (not after-market firmware)?

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:06 -0700, SMS
wrote:

The new FinePix S200EXR has a feature called "Pro Low-light Mode" which
does automatic frame stacking and processing of four frames in order to
achieve noise levels that rival that of a D-SLR.

This seems like a good, if brute-force, method of solving the high noise
issue at higher ISO's of small sensor cameras. Does anyone else do this
sort of thing out of the box (not after-market firmware)?

If you mean what I think you mean the Nikon D300 can do this and more.



Eric Stevens

Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:06 -0700, SMS
wrote:

The new FinePix S200EXR has a feature called "Pro Low-light Mode" which
does automatic frame stacking and processing of four frames in order to
achieve noise levels that rival that of a D-SLR.

This seems like a good, if brute-force, method of solving the high noise
issue at higher ISO's of small sensor cameras. Does anyone else do this
sort of thing out of the box (not after-market firmware)?

If you mean what I think you mean the Nikon D300 can do this and more.

I meant P&S models. I guess it's also useful on a D-SLR, but on a P&S
with a small sensor it really could help deal with noise problems at
high ISO. It shouldn't be too hard to do, assuming that you don't have
to re-focus between the frames since they're taken in such quick succession.

SMS wrote:
Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:06 -0700, SMS
wrote:

The new FinePix S200EXR has a feature called "Pro Low-light Mode" which
does automatic frame stacking and processing of four frames in order to
achieve noise levels that rival that of a D-SLR.

This seems like a good, if brute-force, method of solving the high noise
issue at higher ISO's of small sensor cameras. Does anyone else do this
sort of thing out of the box (not after-market firmware)?

If you mean what I think you mean the Nikon D300 can do this and more.

I meant P&S models. I guess it's also useful on a D-SLR, but on a P&S
with a small sensor it really could help deal with noise problems at
high ISO. It shouldn't be too hard to do, assuming that you don't have
to re-focus between the frames since they're taken in such quick succession.

But if there's time to take four successive shots at a high ISO so
they can be stacked, why isn't there time to take one shot of four
times the length of exposure at a quarter of the ISO?

--
Chris Malcolm

On 5 Aug 2009 07:59:22 GMT, Chris Malcolm wrote:

But if there's time to take four successive shots at a high ISO so
they can be stacked, why isn't there time to take one shot of four
times the length of exposure at a quarter of the ISO?

Not that this is the reason, but if there's too much subject or
camera movement, the faster shutter speed would help, assuming that
the camera helps out by aligning the images on the subject, rather
than the easy way, on the frame. But it still smells like a gimmick.

Chris Malcolm wrote:

But if there's time to take four successive shots at a high ISO so
they can be stacked, why isn't there time to take one shot of four
times the length of exposure at a quarter of the ISO?

If only it worked that way in digital!

SMS wrote:
Chris Malcolm wrote:

But if there's time to take four successive shots at a high ISO so
they can be stacked, why isn't there time to take one shot of four
times the length of exposure at a quarter of the ISO?

If only it worked that way in digital!

It does for me. Why not for you?

--
Chris Malcolm