Using my Panasonic DMC FZ35, I now routinely take everything in RAW.
The camera has an "image quality" setting for "noise reduction" with settings: +2, +1, 0, -1,-2.
I have taken identical shots at various low ISO settings (80, 100, 200) and various noise reduction settings, but can see little or no difference in apparent noise levels when I open each image in Photoshop Elements.
I have not been able to discover from Panasonic, whether these in camera noise reduction facilities actually apply to RAW images.
From comments I have seen in various reviews regarding the Panasonic FZ's noise problems, I suspect that in camera noise reduction only applies to JPEGs.
What might be the truth?
Help!
And, in anticipation, thanks.
Len