bah, camera grain is a right bitch x_X Its spoiled a good few of my best pics. Its even worse if your working with 35mm and you get victimised by it x_X

Awesome job. Perfect picture for the good old sepia tone :3

A lot of pictures I have got a lot of grain in them from me forgetting to drop my ISO down.

A coworker of mine (whos also into photography and started his own small time business) reccommended that whenever you change the ISO to anything over 400 or so, to put a small sticky note somewhere on the side or back of the camera and leave it there until you change it back...that way you'll always remember to drop it down again. I know I'll be following his advice and always writing what ISO I currently have set on a sticky note.
I originally got into SLR photography with 400 ISO B/W film, so I often forget to check my settings. :P

But thanks alot!

You could always reference that nice big information window right by your shutter release. *Grins* Actually I've -just- gotten into the habit of looking at that nearly every time I take my camera out of the bag, regardless of if I remember making changes or not (believe me, I've guilty of forgetting my ISO.) I can't say how often I've taken a round of 'great' photos.. still set with my custom IR white balance. This can be corrected in raw post edit, but its not the same. ;) I'm going to do some low light photography this weekend, and I'm curious to see how well Nikon's extended exposure processing does with noise reduction at ISO 200.

True...but when you're able to control ISO whenever you want and never had that option before, you tend to forget.
I'm beginning to get like that as well though. I usually try to set my ISO back to 200 before putting it back in the bag.

And I would have to say that the NR function works very well. I took some photos of fireworks with a very low ISO...possibly 200, and didn't really even have to use the NR, but when I did it helped out some.
I had another scenery shot that I took for about 10" at 200 ISO (I think), and the NR worked nicely! I'll try to upload that shot later tonight if my internet is working correctly.

Great! I'd love to see it. I was told by a Canon user that NR reduced the result of photo quality, but I've taken a round of shots under low light conditions just as a test; tripod mounted with one of each, and during post review I honeslty couldn't see any loss of quality. Unless you count the absence of digital artifacts.

I've only heard good comments about the Nikon NR function. You don't need it too often when you're shooting low light conditions with a low ISO, but if you shoot very low light conditions with an ISO around 800 to 1250 (I try not to go above 1250 unless necessary), then you might need it.
But it doesn't help to use it anyway...the only downfall is that it does slow the camera down.

Very true about the slowdown. That is the exact same complaint I've heard from many Nikon users, and Nikon bashers alike. However, if I sit and take a 5 minute low light exposure, I'm certainly prepared to wait a bit longer for the image to process. :) With film, you have to wait a few days to get your results. In the digital world, I'll happily wait a bit longer.

I wish I had the resources to do a 5 minute exposure. I need to get the remote before I'd even attempt such a thing, because I do tend to have shaky paws. :3

Good call, the remote is essential when shooting bulb. :) You can pick it up nearly anywhere that sells Nikon for $12 - $20. I think I paid $15 in an overpriced camera store. Absolutely worth it, as I don't have the most stable paws either. ;)

Hehe. Is your wired or wireless? I don't care too much of what mine is...but I just want one. XP

Wireless. :)

Oh wait, you're using the D70s, aren't ya?
I dunno if the D70 has the wireless option or not. :P