Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sue I have Neat Image rather than Noise Ninja but I would think most of these third party ones will work similarly. Noise Ninja has a good reputation. 640ISO is not very high ISO with the M8, at least its not intrinsically bad with decent exposure. However I think your biggest hurdle is the underexposure. Shadow noise is much more prominent then. The noise reduction in ACR and LR2 is not heavy duty but you could give it a try first. Do get the latest 2.X updates though. The LR3 beta could be very worthwhile too and its free. Luminance noise rather than colour noise is probably your biggest challenge. You can probably leave the colour noise reduction at or near its default 25 setting and see how you go with the luminance slider. Start with your exposure as best you can tweak it though (hint, a higher black clipping setting will mask some noise, that's what some camera makers do to make their jpgs look better). Send me a DNG in the usual manner and I can have a go for you to compare notes too. 2009/11/28 Susan Ryan <scoutfinch at chartermi.net> > I have some family photos of Thanksgiving that are important to me, taken > with M8 at 640, with the Nocti at 1and 2ish exposures, and (even with the > big guns) somewhat underexposed. I love the content but the noise is > horrendous. I want to try to save these to the degree possible. What noise > reduction software is currently best for these situations, if any? Am I > just > as well off to try to muddle through usng LR2 and CS4? I'm a total plebe at > this at present, but working to improve. If a 3rd party program is > expedient > and isn't too expensive, it would be worth it to me to spend the money. > > TIA > > > Sue > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman