GiM_6x
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Re: Compare NX lenses and tips
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You can do something, to reduce the noise by "resample".
Let say you have an 24Mpix photo, which looks more or less OK but it is too dark.
If you enhace exposure even only by x2-x3, it will become very noisy.
What I do in such cases, I increase exposure with 1.5-2 so the noise is still low, then reduce resolution with resample, let say two times (from 6000x4000 going to 3000x2000) and with the new image you can increase exposure once again with 1.5-2 and the noise will be still low (it was reduced by resample when an "noisy pixel" was minimised by going together with adiacent ones who were less noisy).
And then again, you can repeat if the need be.
This is not a "perfect" solution, you cannot reduce the image too much (6000x4000 -> 3000 -> 1500 -> 750x500), but in certain cases you can save an image to be usefull even to a very low resolution.
As for web or a tablet, where an 750x500 is still an usable size.
Also you have to consider that the noise usually means that some pixels do amplify different then the adiacent ones. For less performant sensors, with higher amplification (high ASA / ISO) you can have all pixels with noise, in such cases you do not get a noise reduction applying this procedure, is that the colors and luminosity are just wrong for every pixel.
As you may observed from marketing and specifications, for a sensor size and same technology (let say same year ), lower the resolution is lowering the noise for higher ASA / ISO.
The same "technique" applied directly inside camera.
This is why I enjoy that NX1 has a pretty high resolution, 28Mpix, doing some "disco" photo without speedlight has allow me to have acceptable photos at arown 6Mpix for my client - my daughter.
Also I have used LR to minimize noise and compensate exposure and saved the export at 100% quality.
The REAL drawback is that with these very dark images, you cannot check instantly what is the result, you see nothing on display if you review the shot.
And best to record only RAW, the jpegs will be just black images...