Do you use the Noise Reduction slider in Epson PhotoRaw ?

[yanidel]

Talking mainly about 800 and 1600 ISO. I usually don´t do any Noise reduction because I like the grain. Yet what is your experience, what is the slider setting where you find noise the most pleasing in most cases ?

 

[Tuolumne]

I just use Noise Ninja in auto mode and call it a day.

/T

 

[erikhaugsby]

Why compromise sharpness with "noise reduction" when you can use Noise Ninja (and sometime even increase apparent sharpness)?

 

[noimmunity]

No NR.
I use 1600 almost exclusively for black and white.
"well integrated" was the word somebody used on a recent post to describe the grain/noise and I agree. Feel the same way about the GRD1, too.

 

[LCT]

Do you use the Noise Reduction slider in Epson PhotoRaw

No when i need to reduce noise i prefer Capture One 4 by far.

 

[Keith]

It depends on the noise ... occasionally my M8 produces quite noisy images at 640 in very low light and when you look closely at the noisy areas it's a bit ugly. To me it never looks like grain I'm afraid!

I post process my images as tiffs in ACDSee Pro which has an excellent noise removal filter. Too much noise reduction looks crap though and gives images a smeary look that I like even less ... film is so simple!

 

[LCT]

It depends on the noise ... occasionally my M8 produces quite noisy images at 640 in very low light and when you look closely at the noisy areas it's a bit ugly. To me it never looks like grain I'm afraid!..

The M8 is not the R-D1. The latter handles 'grain' much better in high iso's IMHO.

 

[kshapero]

When I shoot in B&W in 1600 I often use the noise slider in Epson RAW.

This guy looked wasted before I reduced noise.

 

[Johnmcd]

I use 800 iso for all low light situations and avoid 1600 iso. I would rather risk camera shake and choose a lower shutter speed. With 800 iso I don't think there is any need to use any noise reduction and have never used the slider in Epson Raw, though it is my converter of choice.

800 iso @1/26 sec

Cheers,

John

 

[cam]

no noise reduction

no noise reduction

i'll go to 1600 and just embrace the grain. i pushed it, as a matter of fact, to bring the grain and details out.

 

[kshapero]

i'll go to 1600 and just embrace the grain. i pushed it, as a matter of fact, to bring the grain and details out.

You have grain "balls". A whole new way of looking at my R-D1.

 

[deepwhite]

Same as John here. 800 in low light but never 1600. I think noise is not grain after all. And R-D1s in 800 is ok by me.

Besides I got the 1.2 f stop.

 

[cam]

You have grain "balls". A whole new way of looking at my R-D1.

gotta make your own fun!

 

[LCT]

i'll go to 1600 and just embrace the grain. i pushed it, as a matter of fact, to bring the grain and details out.

La Tour-Maubourg station. Nice shot cam!

 

[cam]

La Tour-Maubourg station. Nice shot cam!

thank you! Tuesday the metros were running real slow (especially in and out of the stations) and it allowed me to get a few shot in shots that i wouldn't have normally been able to.

it's been a very different experience trying to use the R-D1 (rather than my Ricoh) on the metro. the shutter is so loud that i am regulated to reflections only. "seeing" the shots has been a whole new experience!