Originally posted by Lloyd_Christmas How do you get rid of the grain at that ISO so well?If I use my K-3 in available light above about ISO 3200, I get a lot of grain. Now I can get rid of some of that with PP. How did you do it?
Hey Vince. Well, to begin with, I strive to keep the digital noise down by shooting RAW (DNGs) and trying to nail my exposures. Sometimes, I will merge images in DxO HDR Efex (Part of the DxO Nik Collection) to cancel out some of the noise. However, my most effective weapon against noise has long been DxO's Prime noise reduction, which has only recently been upgraded to AI-powered DeepPrime noise reduction. The shots you're referring to were both processed with DeepPrime at its "magic wand" values. Honestly, this feature alone would be enough to make DxO PhotoLab Elite 4 my RAW processor of choice. It also does a fair amount of magic on my old K-7 DNGs.