-=HIGH ISO shots - 3200+=-

1.6 second, f/32, ISO3200 - Canon 1D Mk2 + 100mm Macro (Straight from camera)

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Talley wrote in post #16069308
I just don't see how these guys can even go to 40 or 50% NR on the slider. Anything past 20 for me and I hate how much "Smearing" affect goes on. On my 7D/60D most I would go to was 22-24 for 6400-12,800 and now on my 6D the most I will go to is about 15-18. Thats it. Just enough to remove the bigger noise and just enough to leave lots of detail behind.

Everyone has their own taste but, it's easy to over do it. I've printed 12800 and the clients don't complain.

Not much of a subject, but ISO 6400 on a 1D Mark III

Talley wrote in post #16069308
I just don't see how these guys can even go to 40 or 50% NR on the slider. Anything past 20 for me and I hate how much "Smearing" affect goes on. On my 7D/60D most I would go to was 22-24 for 6400-12,800 and now on my 6D the most I will go to is about 15-18. Thats it. Just enough to remove the bigger noise and just enough to leave lots of detail behind.

It depends on the content. If you are photographing something that doesn't have a ton of fine detail, then more aggressive noise reduction can be done. Likewise, something with lots of detail, then a balance of noise reduction, sharpening and detail retention is needed. In other words, it all depends. No one size fits all here.

if its moving
it changes the equasion
IMHO

Black Joe Lewis & The HoneyBears at KGSR Blues on the Green, Austin, TX...June 26, 2013
(shot with Canon 7D, 28-135 kit lens)
light NR in LR4, some tweaking to exposure & clarity

1/125sec, f6.3, ISO 3200, 38mm

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very nice
great job
I would get a 7D but everyone tells me the 1d III is a much better sports camera

burnet44 wrote in post #16070540
very nice
great job
I would get a 7D but everyone tells me the 1d III is a much better sports camera

I agree with this as long as your intended output is not larger than a 24"x36" print....

8 x 10 is prob max
I sell mostly 4 x 6

would a 7d be better than a 1DMIII for a mag cover? 8x11 or so

dim fields very dim fields

indoors also?

My choice, after owning both, is the 1DIII. Others will differ...

Talley wrote in post #16069308
I just don't see how these guys can even go to 40 or 50% NR on the slider. Anything past 20 for me and I hate how much "Smearing" affect goes on. On my 7D/60D most I would go to was 22-24 for 6400-12,800 and now on my 6D the most I will go to is about 15-18. Thats it. Just enough to remove the bigger noise and just enough to leave lots of detail behind.

Thanks to the sharpening/masking you can push NR further than usual, sharpen it then slide the masking bar to match the sharpen amount. This way it only sharpens the details, if an area has limited details like an OOF area, the sharpening will not occur there and leave it noiseless. And as people have said, depends on the shot as well

I just wish there was a better way to reduce noise on Milky Way shots.

5000 ISO, 20 NR

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NCHANT wrote in post #16070677
Thanks to the sharpening/masking you can push NR further than usual, sharpen it then slide the masking bar to match the sharpen amount. This way it only sharpens the details, if an area has limited details like an OOF area, the sharpening will not occur there and leave it noiseless. And as people have said, depends on the shot as well

I just wish there was a better way to reduce noise on Milky Way shots.

I know everyone has their preferences I just hate the way the NR slider when used to much turns everything into plastic. It erases fabric texture.

The only thing I do is NR the entire image by an amount not to exceed about 18 with the 6D then I will use the selective brush and do a heavy NR on shadow areas and other OOF areas. The result is lots of detail and hardly any noise where the noise is most visable... shadows and OOF areas.

not a great example but this is ISO 51,200 with that selective NR applied:

You really need to remove color artifacts on a channel basis. If you do this, you can end up with an image that still has detail, like in fabric, but have reduced noise. Then you can selectively sharpen, like using the edge enhance method.

8000 ISO, 40/40 NR there is a straight JPEG export on my photostream as well. I was a bit worried as to how the camera would render the moon @ 8000 ISO as it rose, but the results came out pretty cool.

I wrote a small story on the first one (after the click):

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