Maflu wrote in message ...
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I think you should carefully read the French website - The main problems
are not really noise.

I did, and the article's conclusions include the obvious solution: hack the code
(or, if demand warrants, Nikon provides a modification). The firmware can be
uploaded into the camera (though I don't know how to do it).

What puzzled me were the 18 diffraction spikes in several of the photos; seems
like the choice of lens wasn't the best given several Nikon telephoto assemblies
tout 3 ED lenses and there's obviously no spider to cause the spikes. Is that
(the spikes) something inherent with camera telephoto lenses? Curious why they
didn't shoot through a telescope.

Please note I'm a photography dilettante. :-)