Originally posted by Tandrew Here is an unedited jpg. iso 400, f2.8 1/160 16-50 pentax at 36mm. edited in lightroom which I think does a reasonably good job with NR but I am going to invest in Noise Ninja and get a little more serious about dealing with that issue.
that shot is seriously underexposed, it's going to be tough to get it really clean.
i can see the point to it tho, if you don't want to blow out the reflections, but you need to be working with files that have much better latitude capability than what you'll get with a crop camera.
645z would dominate there, and the k-1 would also be much better(based on my a7r experience), sony a7s/a7sii would rock, i think that nikon also has a good low-light camera... some of the sony cameras also have a silent shutter option that's great for a live sound situation.
try evaluating dxo prime, along with nn, you'll be amazed at the difference between that and lightroom, but it's going to take some computer cpu cycles.