[Leica] comparison of 4 noise reduction programs

[Douglas Barry]

Oh, I agree with you, Don, they are handy to have sometimes, but I 
rarely want to take photos at evening, or night, events any more, as any 
I go to are ones in which I'm involved in organising, and there's more 
than enough to go wrong - without trying to take photos at them!

Douglas



On 19/04/2023 23:30, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Douglas, sometimes you have to go out in the dark.   I support a non-
> profit and some events are in a darkened presentation room.   Also,  there
> are times you need f8 for dof and the light is low.   Knowing there are
> tools that will reduce noise is important: as well,  knowing the tools
> available in an Adobe product are competitive is nice to know.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 5:24 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for all that work, Don. I think I'll continue to tell my camera
>> that we're not allowed to go out in bad light :-)
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>> On 19/04/2023 11:50, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
>>> Greetings to all.  The attached files are the same image processed in 4
>>> noise reduction programs.  The base image was shot at 25600 ISO and
>> cropped
>>> to less than 50% of the image.  The camera was a Sony A1 and the lens
>> was a
>>> Sigma 105 F1.4 at 1.4.  Take a look and decide, the only processing was
>> the
>>> noise reduction, cropping, and lightening the overall image.
>>>
>>> First is LR enhance:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Noise/LR+enhance.jpg.html
>>> Next is the older Topaz denoise:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Noise/Topaz+denoise.jpg.html
>>> Topaz AI:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Noise/Topaz+AI_.jpg.html
>>> DxO deep prime although not the strongest selection:
>>>
>>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Noise/DxO+deep+prime.jpg.html
>>>
>>>
>>
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