Jeff Schewe
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Re: Thoughts on Capture One and LightroomReply #2 on: November 21, 2023 at 5:52 pm
I always get a kick out of people doing comparisons and make definitive judgements without actual expert capabilities in various software. But, if you know what you are doing and take care in post processing I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a better noise reduction capability that what’s found in ACR or Lightroom’s recent versions. Doubt me? Take a look at these…
So, I’ve been known to occasion;ly make mistakes. This one is when I was shooting a portrait of a friend of mine for a project loosely titled: “Photographers in Front on my Camera”. In this case I traveled to River Falls, WI to shoot my friend Carl Corey. I was using a new portrait rig of small LED lighting that can be packed into a 7″ x 7″ x 25″ case. I knew from previous testing that I could use higher ISO’s and “get away with it” but I screwed up…I had my Nikon Z7 set to Auto ISO…I don’t remember why. But everything looked good when I shot it. When I got home and imported the files, I noticed something really odd when I zoomed in…they were noisy as hell. Turns out I had ended up shooting the shots at ISO 20,000. Eeeeeek! I though the whole thing was a big washout and I would have to reshoot. Then I remembered Lightroom’s Enhance function for AI assisted noise reduction…
The images were processed with about a 65 setting with no other adjustments. I did screen captures, the image on the left is the Enhanced Noise Reduction DNG, the image on the right is the straight shot at ISO 20,000 both at 400% zoom in Lightroom’s Compare module.
Still think Camera Raw and Lightroom suck at handling high ISO noisy images?
I didn’t think so…
Re: Thoughts on Capture One and LightroomReply #3 on: November 21, 2023 at 5:51 pmI always get a kick out of people doing comparisons and making definitive judgements without having actual expert capabilities in various software. But, if you know what you are doing and take care in post processing I think you’ll be hard pressed to find a better noise reduction capability that what’s found in ACR or Lightroom’s recent versions. Doubt me? Take a look at these…
So, I’ve been known to occasionally make mistakes. This one is when I was shooting a portrait of a friend of mine for a project loosely titled: “Photographers In Front Of My Camera”. In this case I traveled to River Falls, WI to shoot my friend Carl Corey. I was using a new portrait rig of small LED lighting that can be packed into a 7″ x 7″ x 25″ case. I knew from previous testing that I could use higher ISO’s and “get away with it” but I screwed up…I had my Nikon Z7 set to Auto ISO…I don’t remember why. But everything looked good when I shot it. When I got home and imported the files, I noticed something really odd when I zoomed in…they were noisy as hell. Turns out I had ended up shooting the shots at ISO 20,000. Eeeeeek! I though the whole thing was a big washout and I would have to reshoot. Then I remembered Lightroom’s Enhance function for AI assisted noise reduction…
The images were processed with about a 65 setting with no other adjustments. I did screen captures, the image on the left is the Enhanced Noise Reduction DNG, the image on the right is the straight shot at ISO 20,000 both at 400% zoom in Lightroom’s Compare module.
Still think Camera Raw and Lightroom suck at handling high ISO noisy images?
I didn’t think so…
Re: Film, I Just Don’t Get ItReply #4 on: September 16, 2023 at 1:05 pmthose that say film has a different look than digital are note skilled enough in their post processing skills to know how to make digital look like film. Sorry to say, it’s really easy when you know how.
Maybe it could be said that some lack the competence to see the difference between a fake and the real thing?
Define fake? You talking AI or do you only think film based images are real photographs?
Re: Film, I Just Don’t Get ItReply #5 on: September 15, 2023 at 2:33 pmWell, Kevin, all your arguments in favour of digital are true but, sorry to say it like that, irrelevant. Using many film cameras is a whole different experience which might be enough of a reason for some.
Then the rendering is different and that is a very valid reason, even if technically inferior.
A piano is a better instrument than a harpsichord, but the harpsichord has its own harmonies that remain a valid reason to use one, and Bach pieces for harpsichord are still better played on one.
Vinyl is resurgent too, while by all measures it is technically inferior to CD. And lossless digital streaming is the equal of CD. So, why is vinyl still relevant? For a number of reasons that some will find valid and others not. But the fact is digital did not kill vinyl, and in my opinion never will.
To bring a more pictorial analogy: is oil paint better than water colours? Or vice versa? Is photography better than painting? Is video better than cinema?
Maybe digital is more realistic and film more impressionist?
those that say film has a different look than digital are not skilled enough in their post processing skills to know how to make digital look like film. Sorry to say, it’s really easy when you know how.
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