On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:57 +0200, "Boris Liberman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > > I realize this has been discussed a number of times, so I apologize in > advance. Most recent demonstrations of K-5 at very high ISO settings on > pentax forums using Topaz Denoise were very impressive. I thought that > instead of buying a new camera (which is out of the question at this > moment and few more moments to come) I might buy (use a freeware one) > noise reduction software to extend the effectively useful ISO range of > my K-7. > > Presently I downloaded Topaz Denoise for the trial and it is very > impressive. I wonder are there any alternatives or even better products? > > What would you recommend? >
An application I've been using for a couple of years is Absolute Denoiser Free: http://absolutedenoiser.free.fr/ It takes a bit of time to work out the interface but it gives excellent results - certainly better than the noise reduction of CS3. The author has produced a newer application called NDNoise (http://ndnoise.free.fr/) which is also free. I haven't got around to trying this one because I've found Absolute Denoiser so good, but now that you've brought up the topic, I probably will. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
