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Terence Dunn
Terence Dunn
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Date: 2008-10-02 18:44
What are people using for noise reduction? I love the sigma SD-14, but at anything over ISO 400 it gets realy moisy. Sigma's Photo pro 3 software helps, but not as much as I would like. What do you guys use and why?
:thumbup: Cheers :thumbup:

Terence

Dean Phipps
 
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Date: 2008-10-02 19:26
I use a Photoshop plugin call noise ninja.
You can do a overall reduction or certain areas of the photo.
:muscle:

Senspix Sl
 
Senspix Sl
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Date: 2008-10-02 19:44
I'm trying Helicon Filter plug-in for CS3. Pretty good at noise reduction (can't really help for extreme cases), but I find the other edit functions not necessary as they are already available with CS3.

glossyart.net
 
glossyart.net
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Date: 2008-10-02 20:26
I also use Noise Ninja. You can download it as a Photoshop plugin or as a standalone version. The results are amazing.

Charles Griffin
 
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Date: 2008-10-03 06:40
Neat Image is another and the new CS4 will probably have yet another algorithm.
If I haven't been there, I'm still planning on going!
If I haven't done it, I've still got time to try!

Alan Holland
 
Alan Holland
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Date: 2008-10-03 07:50
I also use noise ninja, but in Bibble 4.0, this works really well.

Alan

Orsiris Pte Ltd
 
Orsiris Pte Ltd
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Date: 2008-10-04 12:36
Neat Image :thumbup:

Terence Dunn
 
Terence Dunn
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Date: 2008-10-05 20:21
Thanks guys. I will perhaps get couple of people to run one of my images through thier program and look at the results. But I think I will wait till I move to the new camera body and lenses (The sigma SD-14 just does not shoot fast enough , wright fast enough or at high enough ISO without BAD noise for sports) before I go further.
:thumbup: Cheers :thumbup:

Terence

Alan Holland
 
Alan Holland
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Date: 2008-10-09 08:35
Terence, what camera are you planning on?

One-Stop PhotoShop
 
One-Stop PhotoShop
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Date: 2008-10-09 08:38
I use Photoshop standard noise reduction in CS3, seems to do the trick from basic issues.

One-Stop PhotoShop

Terence Dunn
 
Terence Dunn
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Date: 2008-10-09 18:29
Alan Holland:

Terence, what camera are you planning on?


For slow work portrait or models ( not skaters or chasing girls caus while it shoots 3fps, the buffer is only 6 frames and almost a minute to clear the buffer) I use a sigma SD-14. But anywere over ISO 800 the noise gets bad.

Then I have my old Brick Nikon D1 which I am quite suprised about the ISO 1600 preformance when using Nikon capture nx.

I did play with a D3 today, but my plan is a nikon d2h or x
:thumbup: Cheers :thumbup:

Terence

Nathan Hill Photography
 
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Date: 2008-11-06 05:21
I just bought a D300 to combat noise, or use artificial lighting.

Terence Dunn
 
Terence Dunn
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Date: 2008-11-06 17:36
Well for now, I have a Nikon D1 and a D100. Now either one are fine at lower ISO ranges. Hell the D1 at ISO 1600 is still better than Ilford film at ISO 1600. It is still fine and gives usable results. If I need to shoot at low ISO, then I use a faster aperature or a strobe. I remember when grain (noise) was accepted as normal. Now days, people want everything super clean and crystal clear. I mean really don't need to see the pores in your skin in a picture. I like some fuzzy, grain, noise. We need more character in photography. It has gone down hill since pro's and pro/am do not have to spend hours in the darkroom to get "The Shot". Now I do not mean that we don't spend hours in our editing software (insert your program name here) but I do not feel it is the same. It seems that it is an art that is being lost. I know that there was a post about "photo courses making you shoot film" and I did not post there, but it really is benificial to learn on film. Remember 24 or 36 shots and you have to reload. It teaches us to be more patient and to undrestand how lighting and composure are going to make the photo look before we ever got the film processed. Oh well enough of a rant for now.:doh:
:thumbup: Cheers :thumbup:

Terence
 
 
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