A test of my D700 on the hotel deck: downtown Minneapolis. Camera set to Aperture priority mode, Auto WB, Auto ISO, AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 IF-D at f1.4. The photograph to the right is ISO 11200.
See additional photographs and the “More Properties” information on D700 high ISO Flickr set for additional details.
No post processing in Photoshop CS3 other than to resize for here. All noise reduction software applied at default setting.
See gallery below to see the effect of Noise Ninja, Neat Image and Topaz Denoise.
I did not speak to the result intentionally, each should reach his own conclusion.
larrygerbrandt on Flickr had a good idea on post noise reduction sharpening so I gave it a shot.
Added: Topaz Denoise then Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 applied to the image.
Noise reduction applied to whole photograph added to the Flickr set here.
- 100%-crop and noise reduction test
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4 Comments
Could you please state if images are processed from Camera RAW or, if from Camera JPEG at what settings for noise, sharpness, contrast, etc.
Sure Barry. I should have included that information in the post.
I imported the NEF file, cropped, applied the noise reduction plug-in, converted to jpg in CS3. Everything at default settings.
I used the Nikon DX2mode1 picture control file but that would only affect the in camera jpg.
It would be interesting to see a JPEG processed in camera with high ISO NR set to see how that compares, also a version using Capture NX or NX2.
Thanks for your comment and link to the blog article on my question in Flickr discussion. It was indeed very helpful to see the effect of all of these softwares on one image. I really liked the effect of Topaz DeNoise nd will try it on my images now.
Kanishk