Nikon user Thom Hogan has joined the Luminous Landscape website as an editorial contributor. His first article looks at the subject of noise in Nikon digital SLR cameras.

“One of the first questions I get asked about every new digital SLR is this: “how noisy is it?” As most digital photographers have learned, resolution generally isn’t the controlling factor in what we perceive as “overall image quality” when we shoot digital. Ctein spoke to this at length in a recent special publication for Photo Techniques, and I agree: one of the reasons why moderate megapixel cameras can produce “better-looking-than-film” 11x14” prints has to do with the better, more controlled tonality of the digital image. That’s assuming, of course, that the digital image isn’t peppered with random noise.”

Website: Luminous Landscape - DSLR Signal / Noise Ratios Compared