No Noise

[Csacwp]

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Just got my first m9.  I'm using Capture One Pro 10.  I took a series of photos in daylight stopped down at every iso, and I do not see any color noise in any of them, even in the 2500 iso shot.  I'm viewing the raw files in Capture One and I didn't set any import preset.  Does Capture One automatically get rid of color noise?

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[jaapv]

You won't really. Noise creeps in when one takes low-light images, often with extremely underexposed shadows. Well-exposed daylight shots of limited contrast will rarely show noise, just a certain grittyness at high ISO.

Most raw developers do have a preset for colour noise related to ISO. C1 may have as well.

[Csacwp]

Ok, because my color shots at 2500 iso are almost identical to those at base iso. There is no chrominance whatsoever. My friend uses lightroom with his m9 and he can't shoot color above 800 iso due to the noise.

[jaapv]

Yes- but under what circumstances? I have plenty of M8 shots @ ISO 1600 that are perfectly clean - but exposed generously in good light. The M8 needs careful technique to handle high ISO. The M9 is a bit more forgiving. 

You want to see noise? Underexpose in low light. 

[Luke_Miller]

Unless you have changed it, Capture One defaults to a moderate setting of both luminance and color noise reduction.  I always adjust the default to no luminance noise reduction since it softens images slightly.

[tobey bilek]

Enlarge to 100%, MacBeth color card is nice subject.  You will see noise. Reduce it.    Make one for each ISO .

 

Better if you can isolate blue, red and green like you can with photoshop,  then isolate channel by channel.  Save as an action with photoshop.

 

This is a tremendous help if you push ISO in post as you are starting with a cleaner image so noise does not get pushed..