X-e2 high iso NR smoothing

Afaik there's no way to disable NR completely for JPG. Just process the RAW for high ISO shots?

HPS3 said:

I've recently picked up the X-e2. I love the camera except when shooting at high iso. I have the camera set to shoot raw+ jpeg. I shot some photos at a Christmas breakfast yesterday and most were from 1600-6400.

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Both, X100S and X-E2 often turn the ISO6400 into a smearfest when it comes to the red channel (waxed skin).

It's much better at ISO3200 and lower though.

Regards

dengx said:

HPS3 said:

I've recently picked up the X-e2. I love the camera except when shooting at high iso. I have the camera set to shoot raw+ jpeg. I shot some photos at a Christmas breakfast yesterday and most were from 1600-6400.

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Both, X100S and X-E2 often turn the ISO6400 into a smearfest when it comes to the red channel (waxed skin).

It's much better at ISO3200 and lower though.

Regards

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Skin is exactly what I'm talking about. I have been shooting RAW+Jpeg and an waiting for LR5 to come in from Adorama. Without turning NR completely off, does the raw photo look any different even when the raw is processed?

HPS3 said:

Skin is exactly what I'm talking about. I have been shooting RAW+Jpeg and an waiting for LR5 to come in from Adorama. Without turning NR completely off, does the raw photo look any different even when the raw is processed?

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RAW is ok in terms of details. It's only the excessive NR in JPEG's at ISO6400 that causes the problem.

You'll need a good color profile for the RAW's though. Adobe Standard doesn't really cut it for me (which in my terms is - it's usually crap when it comes to skintones especially when compared to JPEG).

Since JPEGs taken at ISO1600 look good and 3200/6400 sensitivities are just artifical - it's best to shoot at 1600/3200 underexposing one stop then correct it later, be it via the RAW internal converter or pp on your computer.

And of course express your loud opinion about the excessive red channel smearing.
Noone likes it and I have no idea why it was introduced in the first place.

Regards