Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/05/28

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Subject: [Leica] OT: I need a better noise buster solution
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 12:49:57 -0500
References: <CAMGHw9AgNbOSLa55fCtUfRxq8fP48QgrBOtmKQXOch0O=h2X7A@mail.gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ2nfhs0yqFWupf4Wxh7UwShEAdX6kMRUYatbgm15AWYyw@mail.gmail.com>

Does Photoshop have a similar algorithm? I have LR4 but I find I do
most of my work with CS5. Old habits die hard, I guess.

Jim Laird

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
<jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> The noise reduction in LR3/LR4 is very good, as is Nik's Dfine.
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
> On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 10:44 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> As you may know I am the proud owner of a Sony A900, I've posted some
>> relevant emails in the past regarding the camera. I love the camera,
>> ESPECIALLY the viewfinder which IMHO is one of the best DSLR finders
>> ever. And I love the built-in IS ?and 24mp resolution. I use a lot of
>> my old Minolta glass, most of which is quite good and is probably the
>> best bang for your buck you can get these days. In fact many of Sony's
>> lenses are just rebadged Minoltas. And I modified a lot of my Leica-R
>> glass for use on it, e.g. I now own a 400 Telyt with IS! The Achilles
>> heel of the system as everybody knows is noise, especially at high
>> ISOs of course. In the past I used Noise Ninja for noise reduction but
>> with the Sony it gets rid of the noise but smears the hell out of all
>> the detail. Turns a lawn into a green carpet. So I'm trying to find a
>> better noise reduction solution that what I have and I'm open to all
>> suggestions, better software, tweaks in Photoshop or LR, anything that
>> might help. The noise isn't that awful, really, but I sure would like
>> to see it go;)
>>
>> Jim Laird
>>
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In reply to: Message from digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird) ([Leica] OT: I need a better noise buster solution)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: I need a better noise buster solution)