p.1 #1 · How do you handle low ISO shadow area noise with D300?
I'm happy with my D300, except one thing that has been bothering me. In low ISO, if the image is under-exposed or in shadow area, noise shows up that brings to hi ISO. Do you have a way to deal with it? I raised built-in noise reduction to normal, and it erased details in shadow area in exchange. Do you use in-camera setting or pp to deal with it? I'd like learn your knowhows.
p.1 #2 · How do you handle low ISO shadow area noise with D300?
In PS you can create a mask for darker areas and apply differnt amounts/types of NR. I use NI, but there are other methods. You are shooting RAW correct? Of course the obvious comes to mind - expose to the right as much as possible.
p.1 #3 · How do you handle low ISO shadow area noise with D300?
For best shadow noise, what I've learned is this:
1. Shoot RAW
2. Keep the histogram as far to the right as possible, without blowing important highlights.
3. If you don't have enough light to get your histogram to the right at a given ISO, then keep increasing the ISO until you can get the histo to the right. A higher ISO with the histo to the right, will always get better shadow detail than a lower ISO with the histo not as far right as possible.
p.1 #4 · How do you handle low ISO shadow area noise with D300?
All good advice above, and I'll add this to consider too:
Watch your sharpening. Most apply an unsharp mask uniformly across the photo and end up sharpening the noise and making it stand out even more. A better method is to apply whatever sharpening you do selectively with a mask. Gradually paint in the areas that need it, and leave the ones that don't.
Jul 05, 2009 at 11:16 AM
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p.1 #5 · How do you handle low ISO shadow area noise with D300?
Nice discussion. I see I have plenty to learn on the PP front.
