X-T100 Image shot at ISO 200 and features a lot of noise. + Sharpening & NR Questions.

Erik Baumgartner wrote:

Jamerrone wrote:

Hello everyone, I have had the X-T100 camera for a few weeks now, and it is my first non-mobile digital camera. I really enjoy the process of taking pictures with it and editing them in Capture One afterward. I have been over-sharpening my images quite a bit, and I really hated the look of it. Then I decided to just use the default sharpening and NR values provided by Capture One. The results were quite better, but some parts were soft and lacked details.

Recently I ran into this article: https://blog.thomasfitzgeraldphotography.com/blog/2017/8/capture-one-tips-for-creating-a-better-default-image. The author describes that Capture One's default values are un-optimized in a few areas. The sharpening is harsh and so is the NR. From what I understand I don't need any NR on images shot at ISO 200, but I can see quite a bit of grain/noise in my images. I don't really mind this, I am just wondering how this can happen at the native/base ISO. I will be uploading the original RAW and the edited file. Keep in mind that the image is not great and that the grass is really blurry thanks to the high winds present that day. I should have bumped my shutter speed but I didn't have a tripod at hand. Image Settings: ISO 200, 1/180s, f/8, 15mm.

Capture One Sharpening and NR settings used:
Sharpening:
- Amount: 150
- Radius: 1
- Threshold: 0 (This should not be needed at ISO 200.)
- Halo reduction: 25

NR:
- Luminance: 25 (The default value of 50, feels like too much for ISO 200.)
- Detail: 50
- Color: 50
- Single Pixel: 0

Here are some of the questions I should like to see answered:

- Have I oversharpened my image?
- I few like there is a bit of a halo, not only in the edited file but also on the original RAW. (Take a closer look where the hill meets the sky.) Is this halo or is this normal?
- Should I use NR at low ISO?
- Any additional information about NR or Sharpening is appreciated, especially if they are feedback on the way I have edited my file.

APS-C always has a bit of low level noise lurking in the shadows, not typically an issue, but you've gone and applied significant contrast and sharpening to this image which is always going to accentuate the noise. A tiny bit of NR and some masking when sharpening is usually advisable in situations like this where much of the scene is underexposed. If you can share the RAF I, and others, might be able to offer some more insight about this image in particular.

Thanks for your input, here is the RAW.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ArRpumigVQMAxp9QwkG3RXLM4ATTNZ1L/view?usp=sharing