! I ran a few of my a7rIV photos through LR AI denoise tonight, and got about 18 seconds per photo on my M4 Max. Also remeber if you do wait until the fall of 2026 the cycle will probably repeat with the M6 chips in late 2026 / early 2027, which should be going from a 3nm to a 2nm production node, which should make for another noticeable jump in performance. The reality though is chips keep improving every year so there will always be an even faster chip on the horizon. That’s why personally I gave up on waiting and got an M4 Max. Chancers are it will be at least 3-4 years before I decided I need a new Mac. In 20+ years of Mac’s I have averaged an upgrade about every 4.5 years. But if hypothetically the M6 2 years from now really is game changing vs the M4 for what I do, then I can always consider upgrading early, and at least I enjoyed the M4 for the last 2 years. I definitely could not see my self stretching 2 more years of heavy use out of my 2019 Mac Book Pro. I do realize everyone’s situation is different but I figured a little more insight into my taught processes and experience with Macs might be useful for you. Good luck on your decision! ...Show more →
Thanks so much for taking the time to look at denoise times on your 60 mp A7r4 files, as well as sharing your thinking on the upgrade process. All quite helpful! 18 seconds is not bad at all, and puts some perspective on the value of indefinite wait and higher cost just for a relatively small improvement - eg, 18 to 10. Waiting endlessly for the next better chip may be self-defeating, as you indicate. Leaning at this point to hanging on the 4max studio.
Cheers
I left them for ON1 many moons ago
Prefer On1 denoise and other features overall, more like LR replacement
Besides it's cheaper
Found Topaz Denoise a bit heavy handed
deevee wrote:
I left them for ON1 many moons ago
Prefer On1 denoise and other features overall, more like LR replacement
Besides it's cheaper
Found Topaz Denoise a bit heavy handed
Have you compared NoNoise AI to LR AI Denoise or DXO? For 50$, I have been tempted to give it a try.
DWOfPaul wrote:
Have you compared NoNoise AI to LR AI Denoise or DXO? For 50$, I have been tempted to give it a try.
Tried DXO, don't think it's that good
Older LR versions not as good either but have not tried the latest
Topaz is heavy handed and tends to lose details
So far I prefer On1 the best , not only for denoise, but for other AI features as well
Best bargain software IMHO
