February 6, 2007 3:59 AM PST
A comparison of this photo and the next photo in the gallery shows the effects of image noise and aggressive noise reduction technology. Both images were taken at a high-sensitivity ISO 800 setting using the 10-megapixel Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ50. This image shows the camera's own processed image, while the next picture shows the "raw" image from the sensor without in-camera processing. The image has smoother colors and fewer speckles, but colors tend to look blotchy (as in the large "Melinda's" logo) or lose detail (as in the foliage beneath the logo).
Photo by Digital Camera Resource Page
