Not making an issue...been reading this thread and contemplating sending my 7D in for some \"tweaking\". My main issue, as others claim is highlight noise. Not sure if I\'ll call it banding; but I call it noise. Short and sweet. I feel this shot is properly exposed. Please correct me if I\'m wrong. Love to learn. First photo is 100% crop of the RAW image right out of the box. All I did was down ressed to 100 resolution and applied Smart Sharpen amount 36, radius .3 and converted to sRGB. Second photo is to demonstrate the original, full size shot and camera settings, ISO etc. All exif information is intact for questions there.
I know sky shots are not the easiest for IQ. So, to keep it simple, two questions: is this to be expected as normal with this type of shot or is it a bit more noisy than your experience?
