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Having the new D-Lux a week I'm struggling to get a good result.

Coming from M9 and RX100 ii I'm used to shoot Raw and process in LR.

Now I can't get a decent result. Too much noise if I'm not using a lot of noise reduction. Even in ISO 200!

Having compared shooting in Raw/JPG fine I must say I find the JPG's better. The noise is much less even I have used NR -5.

What are your experiences and what setting can you recommend when developing the Raw files?

What settings are you using when shooting fine JPG?

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Having the new D-Lux a week I'm struggling to get a good result.

Coming from M9 and RX100 ii I'm used to shoot Raw and process in LR.

Now I can't get a decent result. Too much noise if I'm not using a lot of noise reduction. Even in ISO 200!

Having compared shooting in Raw/JPG fine I must say I find the JPG's better. The noise is much less even I have used NR -5.

What are your experiences and what setting can you recommend when developing the Raw files?

What settings are you using when shooting fine JPG?

 

using only JPG fine / resolution only "L"

modus "standard": >> "NR" - 3 / -4 - >> "sharpness" +1 / +2 - >> others +/- 0

 

best regards, mike

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Would you mind to post a pic (or the raw file preferably) to illustrate the noise you're referring to?

I've got no noise issue with my LX100 so far but i don't shoot higher than 1600 iso normally.

 

OK, I tried. Let's see if it works!

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/91833795/L1010084.RWL

 

This is a really bad ISO1600 file.

 

Hope you can open it.

 

Best regards

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Thank you eritho. Capture One is not updated for LX100/DL109 yet so my colours are probably out here but it makes a better job than LR in noise rendition. Given the low shutter speed (1/8s) at 75mm eFoV, i would not expect much better results with any 4/3 camera.

http://lctphot.smugmug.com/photos/3774631531_DF9G5ps-D.jpg

(RAW converted to DNG by LR5, DNG converted to TIF by C1v8, TIF converted to JPG by CS3. 7 MB file)

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Thank you eritho. Capture One is not updated for LX100/DL109 yet so my colours are probably out here but it makes a better job than LR in noise rendition. Given the low shutter speed (1/8s) at 75mm eFoV, i would not expect much better results with any 4/3 camera.

http://lctphot.smugmug.com/photos/3774631531_DF9G5ps-D.jpg

(RAW converted to DNG by LR5, DNG converted to TIF by C1v8, TIF converted to JPG by CS3. 7 MB file)

 

Hi, and thank you for helping.

 

Your result is, except for the colors which I have warmer, maybe because of X-mas :-), very close to my JPG.

 

http://yngwe.smugmug.com/Family/Julavslutning-2014/i-Q5zJ3Xw/0/XL/L1010084-XL.jpg

 

Somehow I’m relieved that you don’t find it too bad taking the conditions in consideration.

As mentioned I’m coming from M9 and lately RX100ii and I was of the opinion that the D-Lux had a lot more noise or that LR was doing a lousy job with the RWL files.

 

I shall make some cooperation between these cams when I get more time but now I at least know that there is nothing wrong with the cam or LR.

 

Thanks again and merry X-mas

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But you said it noised at 200ISO

 

No I said "even in ISO 200" and I see more noise than in the files from M9 and RX100ii and I need to use more noise reduction in LR to get the same result.

 

However I hope that LR has not yet finished their profile for the RWL file!

May see if the next update from Adobe will bring something or I will have to try another developer.

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My version with Camera RAW 8.7.1 and PSC6

 

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My version with Camera RAW 8.7.1 and PSC6

 

Hi and thank you for helping.

 

This looks good, maybe a little oversharpened to my taste, but then again taste is subjective!

 

I do not have PSC6 only LR5 but I should appreciate if you would share you settings.

 

Best regards and seasons greatings

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My version with Camera RAW 8.7.1 and PSC6

 

Hi and thank you for helping.

 

This looks good, maybe a little oversharpened to my taste, but then again taste is subjective!

 

I do not have PSC6 only LR5 but I should appreciate if you would share you settings.

 

Best regards and seasons greatings

 

I will leave Eritho to speak for himself but what I will say is that C1 Pro is generally considered to have the best sharpening formulae of any professional RAW converters.;)

To my taste this converted image looks just fine to me, but as you say whatever we might think, photography is not an exact science and the results are viewed subjectively.

 

The 109/LX100 is a very fine little camera for what it was designed to do.

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I find the CameraRAW and PS6 version too cool and too bright, which gives a low credibality to me. In general, it is for me not done to lighten up shadows that in reality were real shadows

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I will leave Eritho to speak for himself but what I will say is that C1 Pro is generally considered to have the best sharpening formulae of any professional RAW converters.;)

To my taste this converted image looks just fine to me, but as you say whatever we might think, photography is not an exact science and the results are viewed subjectively.

 

The 109/LX100 is a very fine little camera for what it was designed to do.

 

Don't have C1 Pro so I can't judge if it is better than LR.

I also think the converted image looks good, at least far better than my result.

However it is difficult to judge the sharpness from this resolution and I thing the RWL files need a lot of sharpening but on the other hand I don't like it oversparpened.

This is why I asked for settings.

Seasons greetings to you all

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