Darren, I was expecting a response like that, - and that's pretty much why I left one photo without any modifications.
However, from my point of view, it is not necessarily how the images come straight out of my camera, but rather how they would look like after _minimum_ adjustment in LR. For NR that means just one move of the NR slider, and not too far, - pretty much near the middle of the range. (That's why I gave the numbers I ended up using for the NR.) Besides, with the resolution reduced almost 4 times, - I doubt that pixel peeping makes too much sense, - it's much more about the overal impression such a photo gives. ... but I am glad to hear it was useful to you! I estimate the low ISO performance improvement to be of ~2 (+/- 0.5) steps. Igor Sun Dec 9 21:24:33 EST 2012 Darren Addy wrote: > Thanks for sharing, Igor. > The only image that is important to me, in evaluating the ISO 6400, is > the one with no post-NR applied. (Anything else is more an assessment > of your proficiency in using the NR tool). > : ) > > In any event, I think the noise in the 2nd shot is quite acceptable > and looks more like the ISO 800 I used to get with my first Pentax > DSLR, the K200D. If that is anywhere near accurate, that means an > improvement of at least 3 stops. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
