looking for advise for best camera settings to reduce noise

[amazing journeys]

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What are the best settings for low noise when making images from a moving platform (helicopter} at night

With a Kenyon stabiliser

The problem is the amount of visible noise in the darker areas of images

Camera Leica S 007 35mm lens

Settings at 3200 iso..  250th/500th shutter,  2.5/4.5 aperture

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https://topazlabs.com/denoise-ai/

[albertknappmd]

shooting into the dark at ISO 3200 is always going to produce noise. Use one of the post-processing noise reducers to fix it.

Albert

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[peterv]

I don’t know if you can time and produce your shots like that, but an old trick from the movie business for night-shoots is making sure that the streets are wet so you get lots of reflection to camouflage noise/grain through catching as many specular highlights as you can. 

[djmay]

Several suggestions.

1. Use ISO 400 and increase exposure in processing. Do some tests with the same scene, with camera on the tripod and compare results.

2. Use minimal sharpening.

3. Use high amount of masking so that dark areas are not sharpened.

Example with S 006 at ISO 400 https://djessemay.com/images/switzerland/color/Horgen-L1003594-20180727.jpg

Regards,

Jesse

 

[albertknappmd]

doubt he can use 400 ISO from a helicopter..

[djmay]

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3 minutes ago, albertknappmd said:

doubt he can use 400 ISO from a helicopter..

Location has nothing to do with ISO. Nothing prevents him from using the original shutter speed with ISO 400 and increasing exposure in processing software.

[Joakim]

Everyone is aware that the question is almost 4 months old? OP has probably already taken that helicopter ride...

[albertknappmd]

On 8/8/2019 at 1:55 PM, djmay said:

Location has nothing to do with ISO. Nothing prevents him from using the original shutter speed with ISO 400 and increasing exposure in processing software.

it is not just location.. it is speed, oscillation, vibration, the dark in a HELICOPTER  etc...

doubt you can obtain much at 400..

Albert

[Photon42]

@Albert: Jesse talks about underexposure the frame by a some stops (ISO 400 rather than 1600), then pushing the equivalent in post (+2). This technique was known to be better for M9 CCD sensors, and probably as well for the S2 and S 006. I have tried this suscessfully myself with the M9.