I bought a Nikon P90 that had horrible sensor noise. I exchanged it for a new one, and it’s sensor noise was even worse.
I’ll never buy another piece of Nikon again.
That is a price you pay for stabilizing that 24X zoom in part by using high ISO. Did you try manually setting the ISO? You might need a tripod but the images should clean up.
I bought a Nikon P90 that had horrible sensor noise. I exchanged it for a new one, and it’s sensor noise was even worse.*** That is a price you pay for stabilizing that 24X zoom in part by using high ISO. ***
Yep, I think SWAMPSNIPER is right as herein lies 'the problem' with that P90: High Sensitivity (up to ISO 6400). When I see ISO's up that high I cringe as I'd never push it that far as you're asking for noise. Which means I'd have to do a LOT of my shooting off Auto Mode.
It's like waaay back in the olden days shooting Tri-X (ASA 400) and 'pushing it' (under exposing) to 1600. You could get a lot of interesting shots otherwise not possible, but you're going to see a lot of noise with the slightest enlargement.
Noise is one more reason I went with the Nikon D3000 -- thanks to a slight Digital Education from SS here on FR when it finally came time to put down my Nikon FE for Digital. The normal ISO for the D3000 is 100-1600, and 3200 'expanded' -- which I've never yet used, and I get fantastic enlargements (They're framed and hanging on our walls).