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Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 high ISO shots

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-D EM-5 high ISO shots
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:21:42 +0100
Thanks Peter. Pretty good for an MFT sensor, certainly on par with my Pentax K5.

Cheers,
Nathan

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On Nov 25, 2012, at 4:28 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Nathan (and I'm sure others) were interested in some high-ISO shots. 
> These are all RAW, developed in Capture One v. 6.4.3, except for one out 
> of camera JPG for comparison.   Shot with the Panny 20/1.7.
> 
> Here's an ISO 3200 shot: my living room bookcases under tungsten light.
> The whole frame, reduced, so you have the general scene.  1/60, f/1.7
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+2-Scene.jpg.html>
> 
> For the next three images, what displays initially  looks a lot like 
> what an 8x10 print might look like. Click on the double rectangle above 
> the image to see it at 100% pixels.
> 
> Here is a long skinny center crop with some shadowed areas. Developed in 
> Capture One 6.4 with no sharpening.  The color NR at the default, and 
> all other NR at zero (no luminance NR at all).
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+3-OnlyColorNR.jpg.html>
> 
> The same crop with the default Capture One noise reduction set.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022+4-C1-DefaultNR.jpg.html>
> 
> And here is approximately the same crop from the out-of-camera JPG with 
> the Noise Reduction at "Low."  "Standard" NR is too much.  Even "Low" 
> makes things a little more plastic/waxy looking than the Capture One 
> defaults.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180022-OOC-NRLow.JPG.html>
> 
> Now here's a real torture test: the digital piano in my den, lit with 
> only one 60 watt bulb and some blue glow from my computer screen. The 
> scene looks brighter in the pictures than it does in real life. There 
> are some shadows of varying darkness.  The black plastic of the piano 
> case in deep shadow is about pixel level 3 on the 0-255 scale.
> 
> The general scene:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180025scene.jpg.html>
> ISO 800 crop with Capture One default noise reduction.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180025-iso800.jpg.html>
> ISO 1600 crop with Capture One default noise reduction. (sorry about the 
> motion blur, even Oly IS isn't perfect).
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180026-iso1600.jpg.html>
> 
> ISO 3200 crop with Capture One default noise reduction.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027-iso3200.jpg.html>
> ISO 3200 crop with all Capture One noise reduction parameters reduced by 
> about one-half, (Color NR stays at the default).
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-halfNR.jpg.html>
> ISO 3200 crop with all Capture One noise reduction parameters set to 
> zero (Color NR stays at the default).
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-onlyColorNR.jpg.html>
> ISO 3200, Out of Camera JPG with Low NR.
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/OM-Dtest/PB180027iso3200-OOC-LowNR.JPG.html>
> 
> Hope this is useful.
> 
> --Peter
> 
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