Low ISO vs. Denoise + High ISO - Watch This Before You Next Shoot!

[TurtleCat]

I set my upper to 25,600 on my Z8. It’s quite noisy but without having fast glass it’s a good compromise for me. I will use Photo AI in some of those situations. Sometimes I don’t bother and use other techniques in Capture One. It all depends on the image. Sometimes I’ll have an image where I can mask the background and do some noise reduction and lower the luminance curve. That can sometimes fix a lot. I’m also not super picky. I’m do this entirely fit my amusement and I’m willing to make various compromises when needed.

 

[macwalter]

I did once shoot turkeys bedding down for the night in Bosque with a z8 at over 20k iso. They came out ok but you wouldn’t want to print them I would imagine. I find topaz photo ai to be inferior to DxO in high noise photos the results are very uneven. Some ares look ok while other areas are full of artifacts. DxO is more even in my opinion.

 

[bwblom]

Thanks for putting together this direct comparison of all the major denoise packages. Can you elaborate on how you setup the options for DxO? I assume you have it set up with the 'force details' slider set to zero and the lens softness compensation turned off? In my experience, the softness compensation adds a lot of sharpening, and if I use it at all I keep it set to 'soft'.