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p.1 #1 · What are you doing about noise?

Just wondering what you folks are doing about noise in your images. At the moment I'm using the noise reduction in Lightroom. Are the alternatives better? If so how.

Jul 02, 2008 at 10:27 PM

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p.1 #2 · What are you doing about noise?

For proofs we use the noise reduction in Aperture as needed. When further treatment is needed, such as for prints, we turn that off and use Noise Ninja instead.

Jul 02, 2008 at 10:29 PM

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p.1 #3 · What are you doing about noise?

Noise reduction in Lightroom? Gotta find that one...

Jul 02, 2008 at 10:30 PM

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p.1 #4 · What are you doing about noise?

How is noise ninja better?

Jul 02, 2008 at 10:36 PM

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p.1 #5 · What are you doing about noise?

I don't use LR's noise reduction - I cannot see much of an improvement with it. I will edit the image in CS3 and use my Noise Ninja plugin and then save it back to LR. Works great.

Jul 02, 2008 at 11:01 PM

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p.1 #6 · What are you doing about noise?

LAPhotoPro.com wrote:
How is noise ninja better?

Noise ninja does a far better job at retaining detail and sharpness when removing noise. The built-in ones tend to just smooth everything.

Jul 02, 2008 at 11:08 PM

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p.1 #7 · What are you doing about noise?

nikongirl wrote:
I don't use LR's noise reduction - I cannot see much of an improvement with it. I will edit the image in CS3 and use my Noise Ninja plugin and then save it back to LR. Works great.

I notice a big improvement with lightroom's noise reduction. It does tend to smooth everything out like Ryan mentioned. It would be great if you could use noise ninja as a lightroom plugin.

Jul 02, 2008 at 11:15 PM

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p.1 #8 · What are you doing about noise?

LAPhotoPro.com wrote:
Just wondering what you folks are doing about noise in your images. At the moment I'm using the noise reduction in Lightroom. Are the alternatives better? If so how.

I use the Nikon D3

Jul 02, 2008 at 11:24 PM

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p.1 #9 · What are you doing about noise?

tuannie wrote:
LAPhotoPro.com wrote:
Just wondering what you folks are doing about noise in your images. At the moment I'm using the noise reduction in Lightroom. Are the alternatives better? If so how.

I use the Nikon D3

Oh, so what kind of sharpening plugin are you using?

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Jul 02, 2008 at 11:37 PM

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p.1 #10 · What are you doing about noise?

Ear plugs.

Oh, wait...

Jul 02, 2008 at 11:54 PM

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p.1 #11 · What are you doing about noise?

APERTURE & BOSE QUIET COMFORT

Jul 03, 2008 at 12:08 PM

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p.1 #12 · What are you doing about noise?

If you use lightroom, leave the default settings for noise. ACR/LR is an incredibly noisy converter and puts noise into the image, the defaukt settings remove it to an extent. Mostly this is a non issue.

The best way to deal with noise is not to put it in in the first place so if I am doing work on grainy, high ISO shots, then I will stay clear of ACR/LR and use DPP as it gives a cleaner end product. I then treat with noise ninja.

If you are using ninja then a caveat should be that the supplied profiles for your camera are probably worthless if you RAW with ACR/LR. I would build completely new profiles and ensure you do your convert with all noise reduction off.

Jul 03, 2008 at 12:55 PM

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p.1 #13 · What are you doing about noise?

A big old NAD amp a big new pair of Monitor Audio speakers and an Arcam CD player loaded with Led Zeppelin.

Jul 03, 2008 at 12:56 PM

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p.1 #14 · What are you doing about noise?

I just leave it. As long as Lightroom corrects the color noise, I'm happy. It's barely noticeable in a print, and I quite pixel-peeping a couple years ago!!

Jonathan Consiglio

Jul 03, 2008 at 01:54 PM

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p.1 #15 · What are you doing about noise?

For high noise shots I use the adobe plugin Imagenomic Noiseware. I'm not as good as other photographer's on here and not as comfortable with leaving the noise as is so I use it when needed. On my 5d I don't tend to use it much as I feel that it doesn't make enough difference in most cases, but when shooting with my 40d I use a it a lot more.

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Jul 03, 2008 at 02:39 PM

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p.1 #16 · What are you doing about noise?

I'm with Jonathan, pixel-peep and ISO1600 with my 40D looks soft and grainy, but look at it in a 30cm x 30cm album and it's magically gone.

The only correction I do is a blanket 25% colour noise reduction in ACR.

Jul 03, 2008 at 02:40 PM

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p.1 #17 · What are you doing about noise?

Morgan,

Isn't DPP a bit clunky to use for weddings ? I'd say at least 1/2-2/3 of my wedding photos are at ISO1600, if I had to put each one through DPP I'd lose what little marbles I have left.

Chris

Jul 03, 2008 at 02:43 PM

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p.1 #18 · What are you doing about noise?

Just the default in LR most of the time.

If I have to print larger sizes, I will carefully use NN in PS.

Jul 03, 2008 at 03:28 PM

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p.1 #19 · What are you doing about noise?

Don't do any noise reduction, but i don't print ISO 3200 images any larger than 8x12. At 1600 ISO, I can get really large prints if I expose properly with a 5D.

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Jul 03, 2008 at 03:43 PM

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p.1 #20 · What are you doing about noise?

J. Consiglio wrote:
I just leave it. As long as Lightroom corrects the color noise, I'm happy. It's barely noticeable in a print, and I quite pixel-peeping a couple years ago!!

Jonathan Consiglio

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

Every time I read some post about the horrors of noise when viewed at 1600%, I look at the 8x10 ISO 1000 D70 PRINT that I have tacked above my desk. Given a correctly exposed image, noise is mostly meaningless in PRINTS.

Jul 03, 2008 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #21 · What are you doing about noise?

ACR's color and luminance noise reduction sliders are awesome. Great results and very similar to Lightroom.

Jul 03, 2008 at 04:36 PM

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p.1 #22 · What are you doing about noise?

As others have stated, no pixel-peeping and you will not see noise; even in at 1600 ISO in most cases.

Prints are far better than a monitor when judging noise.....or lack of.

Jul 03, 2008 at 04:37 PM

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p.1 #23 · What are you doing about noise?

agree, just try to expose properly, use a high end camera and voila!

Jul 03, 2008 at 07:54 PM

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p.1 #24 · What are you doing about noise?

http://www.neatimage.com/index.html

Jul 03, 2008 at 08:01 PM

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p.1 #25 · What are you doing about noise?

evertdoorn wrote:
agree, just try to expose properly, use a high end camera and voila!

This doesn't work with night photography or low light shots.

Jul 03, 2008 at 08:43 PM


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