therock wrote:
I too do not dwell on pixel level peeping but I have been looking at lots of 50D files @ 100% today doing an AF fine tuning run across all my glass.
I have DPP opening them @ 100% and I am comparing different AF fine tuning settings against each other.
I have both the in cam and DPP NR settings off. ALO off. Shooting RAW in neutral PS.
What I have been seeing different than what my 40D files used to do in previous versions of DPP is when a 40D file first opened @ 100% in earlier DPP versions it looked bad for a second then rendered or snapped into focus.
Today because I am paying close attention to details in pixel level images of the 50D in the latest DPP version it\'s the opposite.
And instead of two steps, soft then focused the 50D files first appear in a blocky formation, then focus, then the final stage is softer.
So when the image first appears it is better or sharper looking than after it renders. It looks like noise control is being applied. It had me go back into my camera and check all my noise settings. they were as I had set them up.
So I look at them in CS4. They just look better to me in CS4 ACR 5.1. I open it in Bridge and let ACR do it\'s thing with the default sharpness slider going to 25.
Something is up in Denmark at my house. My 50D images look better in CS4. Keep in mind I am not running a noise torture test on them either.
hmm you think DPP has some NR stuck on for the 50D even when it is turned off??
I hope not because then the 50D may not be as good as thought.
I found 40D and 50D similar per image noise in DPP but 1/2-1 stop worse or so in ACR for the 50D vs. the 40D. But since the 50D used adobe 4.6 and the 40D adobe 4.4 i was figuring it was just that 4.6 goes more detail over noise supression.
but if you say DPP is forcing NR on the 50D raws.....
Oct 25, 2008 at 05:32 PM
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