[Leica] Comparison of 4 noise reduction programs

[Howard L Ritter Jr]

Hi, Howard—

That’s really shocking! Appalling, indeed. I shoot with a Q2 myself, and have never seen this level of noise. Perhaps I’ve never pushed the ISO to 6400; I’ll have to check or try it myself.

—howard
the other one

> On Apr 23, 2023, at 2:48 PM, Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Don and Howard.
> 
> I don’t know if you frequent the Leica Camera Forum (l-camera-forum.com <http://l-camera-forum.com/>) at all, but if you do
> you might look at the topic “Leica Q2 (a noisy camera !) Your views please. At the end of page one discussion
> I posted a Q2 photo of a friend cooking at ISO 6400 where the noise level is appalling. I used DxO to clean it
> up and posted that photo as well. Have a look if you like and can.
> 
> I haven’t used LR enhance so I can’t comment in its effectiveness, but I have found with the Q2 the best
> noise reduction image / enhance program, by far, is DxO extreme. Previously I used stand alone Topaz Noise 
> Reduction and Topaz Sharpen with varying degrees of success (faces too plastic in some cases for my taste).
> When Topaz Ai was introduced I transitioned to that and was more satisfied until trying DxO.
> 
> So, in sum Don, I find your results at variance to my experience. I’m not trying to start a fight here, I’m just sayin’.
> 
> I should add Don, that although I don’t comment on a frequent basis, I very much enjoy your many posted photos, illustrating life today.
> 
> Cheers,
> Howard