PowerShot V1 and aggresive denoising

[oRBIT2002]

I've experimented quite a bit with this camera now. I tried taking photos in HDRPQ mode and then converting them to JPEG using the Canon Digital Photo Professional software or the builtin-camera functionality. PhotoShop Elements Camera RAW ignores the HDR information so I'm not using that at the moment.
However, the result, when watching closely seems quite blurry which looks like very aggressive denoising in my (non-expert) eyes.
If I am opening the file in Camera RAW (ignoring the HDR..) the result is completely different and shows no signs of blurring.
I've tried disabling denoise-functionality in camera during the conversion but I don't see any difference. Haven't seen any obvious functionality for this in DPP either.

Anyone else noticed this or could recommend any other software that's capable of dealing with CR3+embedded HDR information?

 

[RLight]

So, it's not aggressive denoising... It's the V1 sensor itself is 4/3, it's not APS-C.

4/3 sensors are quite a bit more noisy than APS-C. And, this is a Canon 4/3 (CMOS), not a Sony 4/3 (BSI). I haven't gotten around to doing Bill's data to see how good or bad the V1 sensor is, but I can tell you from eyeballing it, it's not a low light monster by any means. In fact, I'd say it's on par with the G5X II sensor, despite the larger sensor in terms of high ISO performance.

Really what you gain by going with the V1 sensor over the G5X II / G7X III sensor is DPAF, 22MP and it being a Canon controlled sensor which means Canon can control readout more finely, which matters with video in particular. Example, the 4K/60 via crop feature, is VERY useful which is in fact a special readout of just the middle of the sensor. And then there's Canon's colors. This sensor really sings in terms of output at base ISO. Sure, at low light it's no better or worse than the G5X II / G7X III, but at base ISO? The V1's output shines. Now granted, that doesn't help your predicament. I'll say personally? I bring the V1 when I'm lazy / throw in the car / need to be low profile. It's amazing 4K output for the footprint, amazing. But, my R8, with say any of my f/2.8 IS lenses attached? Mmmhmmm.

 

[oRBIT2002]

So, it's not aggressive denoising... It's the V1 sensor itself is 4/3, it's not APS-C.

4/3 sensors are quite a bit more noisy than APS-C. And, this is a Canon 4/3 (CMOS), not a Sony 4/3 (BSI). I haven't gotten around to doing Bill's data to see how good or bad the V1 sensor is, but I can tell you from eyeballing it, it's not a low light monster by any means. In fact, I'd say it's on par with the G5X II sensor, despite the larger sensor in terms of high ISO performance.

Really what you gain by going with the V1 sensor over the G5X II / G7X III sensor is DPAF, 22MP and it being a Canon controlled sensor which means Canon can control readout more finely, which matters with video in particular. Example, the 4K/60 via crop feature, is VERY useful which is in fact a special readout of just the middle of the sensor. And then there's Canon's colors. This sensor really sings in terms of output at base ISO. Sure, at low light it's no better or worse than the G5X II / G7X III, but at base ISO? The V1's output shines. Now granted, that doesn't help your predicament. I'll say personally? I bring the V1 when I'm lazy / throw in the car / need to be low profile. It's amazing 4K output for the footprint, amazing. But, my R8, with say any of my f/2.8 IS lenses attached? Mmmhmmm.

I think you might have missed my point, or if I made myself unclear..

The RAW photos looks okay if I use Camera RAW with Photoshop Elements. However, when using Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 (which deals with the HDR-data, Camera RAW does not if I'm not mistaken), the output looks blurry.
If it was a sensor issue, I bet it would look bad in Camera RAW aswell.

 

[RLight]

So, it's not aggressive denoising... It's the V1 sensor itself is 4/3, it's not APS-C.

4/3 sensors are quite a bit more noisy than APS-C. And, this is a Canon 4/3 (CMOS), not a Sony 4/3 (BSI). I haven't gotten around to doing Bill's data to see how good or bad the V1 sensor is, but I can tell you from eyeballing it, it's not a low light monster by any means. In fact, I'd say it's on par with the G5X II sensor, despite the larger sensor in terms of high ISO performance.

Really what you gain by going with the V1 sensor over the G5X II / G7X III sensor is DPAF, 22MP and it being a Canon controlled sensor which means Canon can control readout more finely, which matters with video in particular. Example, the 4K/60 via crop feature, is VERY useful which is in fact a special readout of just the middle of the sensor. And then there's Canon's colors. This sensor really sings in terms of output at base ISO. Sure, at low light it's no better or worse than the G5X II / G7X III, but at base ISO? The V1's output shines. Now granted, that doesn't help your predicament. I'll say personally? I bring the V1 when I'm lazy / throw in the car / need to be low profile. It's amazing 4K output for the footprint, amazing. But, my R8, with say any of my f/2.8 IS lenses attached? Mmmhmmm.

I think you might have missed my point, or if I made myself unclear..

The RAW photos looks okay if I use Camera RAW with Photoshop Elements. However, when using Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 (which deals with the HDR-data, Camera RAW does not if I'm not mistaken), the output looks blurry.
If it was a sensor issue, I bet it would look bad in Camera RAW aswell.

DPP4 is heavy handed with PowerShots; it auto corrects for vingetting, but also cooks in NR with it, which neither can be removed to your point in DPP4. It treats it as mandatory correction with built in lenses. The G5X II I used to own suffered the same. Corners, on low light, were notably, smeared. There isn’t an answer other than using another processor to your point.

 

[oRBIT2002]

I am not aware of any other software that deals with .CR3 with HDR-data sadly. If someone knows better...