Jenningsmca Posted February 7, 2018 Share #1 Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) The Leica SL is into its third firmware update. Can anyone explain to me why Leica does not provide a means of turning off the noise reduction function. I was getting excited about performing some night photography but remembered the last time I tried SL for long exposures and the waiting in between photos is a killer for me. Apparently I’m not a patient person, as this drives me crazy. No leica user wants high mp, Leica does not do hss or maybe it’s because the Leica brand has been always associated with old people with lots of time on their hands, I don’t know I’m finding Leica to be too limiting or I’m getting crusty in my old age where I want it my way. Sorry for the rant, I feel better now. BTW is snowing like crazy and I get cabin fever. Thx Edited February 7, 2018 by Jenningsmca Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted February 7, 2018 Share #2 Posted February 7, 2018 No chance of change, because Leica has decided that other noise reduction than in-camera Black Frame Reduction for this kind of noise is inferior regarding image quality. With some justification, I might add. It must be the 269th time that I have seen a thread on the subject over the last dozen years... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thighslapper Posted February 7, 2018 Share #3 Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) Every Leica camera invokes the same NR additional frame for any exposure longer than a few seconds. There are no exceptions. This is an issue of Leica philosophy ( quality above all else ....as Jaap states) and I suspect you are fighting a losing battle. I regularly do 4 minute landscape exposures .... so that makes 8 minutes of thumb twiddling. The answer is a second body (the current is a CL) so I can swap over once NR has started and take a different variation of the original..... or spend my time taking other handheld images whilst I'm waiting. Edited February 8, 2018 by thighslapper Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted February 7, 2018 Share #4 Posted February 7, 2018 (edited) The only comment above that I disagree with is that this is in keeping with Leica's philosophy. Or rather, if it is, then that philosophy is inconsistent. If they believe that they know best how to make the best quality image, not the photographer, then they shouldn't offer raw files. Another way of putting it is: since they go to such lengths to allow us to manually control how we take the image, why do they insist on hoarding this one irritating last control in their own hands? Edited February 7, 2018 by LocalHero1953 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 8, 2018 Share #5 Posted February 8, 2018 Because everything else can be done after the file is transferred to your computer - but heat noise from the sensor reduction without resolution loss can only be done by an immediate dark frame before the file is even written. I happen to agree with those that would like to see this as an option rather than an immutable fact, but I can understand Leica's rationale. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocalHero1953 Posted February 8, 2018 Share #6 Posted February 8, 2018 That may be their rationale, but it doesn't make their philosophy consistent. You can't correct exposure out of the camera either, but we're allowed to make our own exposure errors: we're not forced to use auto. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted February 8, 2018 Share #7 Posted February 8, 2018 Advertisement (gone after registration) Agree, but I think Leica ranks this with demosaicing and interpolation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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