Originally posted by jpzk About the 12,800 ISo shot: was it "that bad" before you've used the NikDefine software? I mean, it is taken with a macro lens afterall, so this is really good.
Hey Jacques,
Here are 100% crops of the 12,800 ISO shot, with and without the Nik Dfine2 treatment:
From raw, no NR applied:
With Nik Dfine2 applied:
About noise: I really don't think the ISO 12800 looks that bad, and can be rescued pretty easily (just not so well with Adobe default tools). However, I've noticed that everything from ISO 800 on up needs some sort of NR, while my K-5 shots only need it for certain ISO 1600 shots, and generally after 3200.
Also, if I push the shadows up on any K-3 image (even ISO 100) there is visible luminance noise to be tamed. Never had this on the K-5 at low ISOs, but it seems to be par for the course with the K-3. Of course, it might just be something related to how "dumb" processing software treats the DNGs right now, and after a profile has been created, the noise and DR might be better... who knows?