@jakiman How did you DM'ing via Twitter go with Damien? Did he highlight anything that'd explain the N9s poor performance Vs SGSII?
N9 uses AMBR automatic motion blur reduction to increase gain based on subject/camera movement to increase the shutter speed to help remove the possibility of camera shake/subject movement. The downside is increased noise. However, we felt it was better to have more noise than blurred pictures. N8 doesn't use AMBR because it uses xenon where the flash freezes any movement.