Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/08/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Many on this list have been quietly promoting Topaz labs products. SonC showed me what their products could do on a motion blurred image which convinced me of their value. I waited until there was a bundle sale and just acquired the bundle. So, money very well spent and now suggestions. The denoise works extremely well, owning 2.8, 3.5, or 5.6 lenses is not a limiting factor on newer cameras that go up over 50,000iso. The noise can be drastically reduced without sacrificing image detail. A little motion blur can also be worked with effectively. Basically, if a lens is good but slow you have a nice light package that will work in almost any light. This also makes the use of my M9 practical again as I have been fighting no dof in dark places to try to keep shutter speeds up. Now, the AI programs will mostly eliminate motion blur and I can get the dof I believe I want. So, thank you to all those on the list who have been suggesting better software. Also, I believe this will work on scanned film so with a convoluted work system you could shoot HP5, scan it in, de noise the grain, then output to a large format "negative" and contact print on real emulsions. -- Don don.dory at gmail.com