Pro 14n New Noise Reduction software

[Peter K. Burian]

Ok, my friend Gabriel has posted some of my Pro 14n images on a Web page as VERY large JPEG's.

Including one made at ISO 400 in low light/deep shade. (red truck)

And a crop from that image for closer examination.

AND then a crop after application of Neat Image noise reduction software.

See  http://207.148.231.204/

Also a huge JPEG crop from my ISO 100 image (Chinatown) for closer examination.

Peter Burian

[Peter K. Burian]

OK, I have tried the Neat Image noise reduction software and it works well at reducing noise, especially useful in ISO 800 images. (Frankly, the noise level in my IOS 400 RAW images is not that bad, even in low light situations.)

http://www.neatimage.com/howto.html

The Neat Image software is very versatile with numerous setting options, but you need to do a lot of experimenting to get just the right effect. Default settings are ok as a start.

The software is very, very slow with huge image files. Still, it does have a batch processing option. (You can find a Review of Neat Image at http://www.michaelalmond.com/Articles/noise.htm )

I'll post a sample image on a Web page by Monday. With and without application of Neat Image.

Peter Burian