beemerchef Posted May 19, 2011 Share #1 Posted May 19, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just switched to the Leica V-Lux 2 from a Canon G12, I like the flip screen but wow! so much noise! ISO 100... P... RAW... am I doing something wrong? A wrong setting? Thanks... Ara Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 19, 2011 Posted May 19, 2011 Hi beemerchef, Take a look here Too much noise with V-Lux 2. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
prunelle Posted May 19, 2011 Share #2 Posted May 19, 2011 I just switched to the Leica V-Lux 2 from a Canon G12, I like the flip screen but wow! so much noise! ISO 100... P... RAW... am I doing something wrong? A wrong setting? Thanks... Ara You have to de-noise them in Camera Raw or whatever software you use to treat your raw files. Look at my photos. Reduce also the noise by setting the colour profiles of the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beemerchef Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share #3 Posted May 19, 2011 You have to de-noise them in Camera Raw or whatever software you use to treat your raw files. Look at my photos. Reduce also the noise by setting the colour profiles of the camera. Hi... I use Adobe Lightroom, yes, I can de-noise them, but of course then loose some sharpness Setting the colour profiles, yes also, there is a setting for less noise. I will continue trying it all, yet, not impressed with the camera... Merci biens! J'etais nee a Montpelier, on a habite a Coulommiers pour un long temps. Ara www.theoasisofmysoul.com Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted May 19, 2011 Share #4 Posted May 19, 2011 Sharpen some after removing noise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prunelle Posted May 19, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 19, 2011 Hi... I use Adobe Lightroom, yes, I can de-noise them, but of course then loose some sharpnessSetting the colour profiles, yes also, there is a setting for less noise. I will continue trying it all, yet, not impressed with the camera... With your V-Lux, Leica offers you Photoshop Elements and Premiere with the plugin Camera Raw. Go on the Leica web-site, register your camera, download the softwares install them along with Camera Raw. I know nothing about Lightroom but I'm really happy with Camera Raw. You'll never be impressed with the camera as long as you don't konw it, how it reacts according to the situations. Don't expect to make "M photos" with a V-Lux. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prunelle Posted May 21, 2011 Share #6 Posted May 21, 2011 A useful explanation about what noise is can be found there: How To: Understand Noise | Popular Photography. Once you understand what noise is, you should understand how to deal with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted May 21, 2011 Share #7 Posted May 21, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) CMOS sensors are better than CCD. The bigger the sensor , the less noise, to simplify to a great extent. With ACR, do no sharpening or NR, but set preferences to open as a smart object. Dup the layer, go to channels, find the best one and duplicate, and make an edge mask, up the contrast and blur 1 pixel. It ends up looking like a pencil sketch. Use the lower left icon at the bottom of channels pallet to load as a selection. Return to layer pallet and you have a edge "selection" for the dup layer. Use layer - layer mask- reveal selection and you now have a mask, black where the object edges are. Click on the icon on lower right corner of the image in layer pallet. This takes it back to ACR where you do the NR. Reopen image. The edge mask protects the image edges from softening during NR. You can paint black or grey on the mask if you need better control for precise areas. Do the capture sharpening with Smart Sharpen or Unsharp mask now. Further sharpening at final size JPEG. This is a two stage sharpening and quite necessary for best work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prunelle Posted May 21, 2011 Share #8 Posted May 21, 2011 CMOS sensors are better than CCD. .... It's the reverse actually, that's why cameras having a cmos sensor are cheaper than cameras having a ccd sensor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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