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vor 5 Stunden schrieb mpauliks:

Ken, do not go over ca. 48 please. Over 50 is not good IMO. Thank you for sharing!

The Adobe Ai denoise works impressively well and i feel better than i did it manually with the older denoise sliders.
However, is it only me or do you think that there is a lot/too much noise in the photo above considering that it is a SL3-S and "only" 6400 iso?

Is there a particular reason to not go over 49% as softening will be greater or just a personal believe that max denoise should be below 50%?

Chris

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Hey Chris, I go over 50 several times because some images need that. Other images do not get treated with Denoise at all because there is little difference in the preview plane. Even if the image shows a bit of noise I refrain from using Denoise at the beginning because I can work with it at the end of the workflow. I prefer not to alter the grain structure and prefer to use Denoise only with extreme cases. I quite like the grain of the SL3, SL2S and SL3S and when I was using the SL2 I tended to use denoise a lot.

The image of the pole was at night and across the road so very contrasty lighting. There is greater potential for grain in dark shadow areas compared with a brighter scene using iso 6400. Yesterday I had a tricky lighting set up with shadowy areas and bright sunlight background. The subject was travelling at 60-70 kph so I needed a fast shutter speed. I shot that at 1250 iso and not a bit of grain evident. Best

Ken    

 

41 minutes ago, PhotoCruiser said:

The Adobe Ai denoise works impressively well and i feel better than i did it manually with the older denoise sliders.
However, is it only me or do you think that there is a lot/too much noise in the photo above considering that it is a SL3-S and "only" 6400 iso?

Is there a particular reason to not go over 49% as softening will be greater or just a personal believe that max denoise should be below 50%?

Chris

 

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vor 7 Stunden schrieb PhotoCruiser:

The Adobe Ai denoise works impressively well and i feel better than i did it manually with the older denoise sliders.
However, is it only me or do you think that there is a lot/too much noise in the photo above considering that it is a SL3-S and "only" 6400 iso?

Is there a particular reason to not go over 49% as softening will be greater or just a personal believe that max denoise should be below 50%?

Chris

I think the softening is getting too strong about 48. Make some experiments to find the best balance that you are still fine with. Myself works usually in 30 range only to keep it sharp. Pretty often I prefer too, to keep some noise.

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Started to test the SL3-S

SL3-S, ISO 16.000, f/2.0, 1/125 sec., SL ApoSummicron 90, no Denoise, around 10 PM on the street handheld 

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SL3-s, 500 5.6, 12500 ISO, Crop, Denoise

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Interesting noise behavior where ISO 16000 seems to have more noise than ISO 25000, maybe someone can explain that. Due to file size restrictions I am making 4 posts of two different frames: overall scene and close up

 

Keyboard player:

SL3-S, ISO 25000, 1/250 at f/2.0, no noise reduction, SL Apo Summicron 90mm

 

Saxophone player

SL3-S, ISO 16000, 1/1000 at f/2.0, no noise reduction, SL Apo Summicron 35mm

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Keyboard player, cropped:

SL3-S, ISO 25000, 1/250 at f/2.0, no noise reduction, SL Apo Summicron 90mm

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Saxophone player

SL3-S, ISO 16000, 1/1000 at f/2.0, no noise reduction, SL Apo Summicron 35mm

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Saxophone player cropped

SL3-S, ISO 16000, 1/1000 at f/2.0, no noise reduction, SL Apo Summicron 35mm

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SL3, ISO 12500, no noise reduction applied. I did try running it through Topaz Photo AI but it seemed to create some artifacts so left it without any NR. Processed in C1 Pro with cropping and minor adjustments. I admit I'm very impressed. 

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17 hours ago, mpauliks said:

Interesting observation! Maybe because the saxophone player image has higher dynamic range? But only guessing please. @MRJohn

I have no clue. Maybe in-camera de-noise starts kicking in or runs under other parameters compared to lower ISO.

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12 hours ago, kobra said:

SL3, ISO 12500, no noise reduction applied. I did try running it through Topaz Photo AI but it seemed to create some artifacts so left it without any NR. Processed in C1 Pro with cropping and minor adjustments. I admit I'm very impressed. 

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What a great shot and impressive camera performance. How do you call this creature?

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On 2/5/2025 at 8:56 AM, MRJohn said:

What a great shot and impressive camera performance. How do you call this creature?

This was in Costa Rica and I believe it is called the green basilisk lizard. A gorgeous creature and the light was just right. 

As a side note; forgot to add that this was with the Sigma 500 f5.6 lens - it was very impressive and the most used lens on my trip to Costa Rica in January. Highly recommended lens!

Brad

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Another photo from Costa Rica, owl butterfly ... SL3, ISO 20000, Sigma 500 f5.6, no noise reduction applied

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SL3, ISO 25,000 before noise reduction. 75mm SL APO, 1/90s, f2.

Here I have lifted exposure on the subject by 0.75 EV (and darkened the background)

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6400 ISO NR applied in LR followed with Camera Raw noise adjustment at end of edit 

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SL3-s 500 5.6, 1.4 extender, no noise reduction, ISO 16000

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From Underground poorly lit basement carpark both images 100,000 iso pre Denoise applied LR couple of edits then and sharpening and further denoise in Camera Raw. 

SL3S with Summicron SL 50 Asph 

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