I am an amateur photographer here, but I have used Topaz for over a year now. I have nothing bad to say about it. I have seen it improve over time. I started using Lightroom about six months ago. It is one of those things that takes some time to understand how to use it. I often wondered why someone didn't make an easier-to-understand editing product for the mid-level photographer that wouldn't require a steep learning curve. They could always offer "upgrades" that would move someone up to more powerful versions for a more sustainable business model. Your video was well thought out and your parting thoughts gave me something to ponder.
Well explained, I actually understood that ;-) Basically if you don't get enough light onto your sensor you're going to have noise to contend with. I gave up worrying about it ages ago when I decided to shoot only jpeg, I want to spend more time out shooting, not in front of a screen. Excellent video, thanks.
I've shot images at 10000 ISO on a GH5 that people thought were good, it's all about exposure, composition and in the end media. I do a lot of night urban shooting even the cheap MFT primes are so sharp you can get great results wide open. The Lumix G 25mm F1.7 is a good example. I tend to use just LR Classic now I've found the NR has improved greatly for Lumix raw files int he last year or so especially. I used Topaz a couple of years ago found the results a little plasticky for my liking
Thanks for that - very useful run-through for someone like me who hates the processing aspect of photography - and denoising Gaelic Football seems an especially good idea. Cheers from NZ.
Used ON1 Photo RAW for editing with Ai noise removal which works very well. I use DXO PureRAW for heavily noisy images. This program. in addition to noise, it also corrects lens defects.
Nice realistic thoughts on noise Eli. I am in the very lucky circumstance to have two newer OM System bodies. With these bodies you can use AI Noise Reduction in the free OM Workspace editor. For the older bodies i need to use the standard tools in OM Workspace. Rob Trek has a nice video on how to use very subtle noise reduction with the unsharp mask.
I'm a big fan of DXO noise reduction, although Topaz is also really good. I have pictures I'm happy with shot at iso 25600 on my G9. I like the wrist strap metaphor. I feel pretty comfortable shooting up to at least iso 3200, even 6400 when needed.
I am an amateur photographer here, but I have used Topaz for over a year now. I have nothing bad to say about it. I have seen it improve over time. I started using Lightroom about six months ago. It is one of those things that takes some time to understand how to use it. I often wondered why someone didn't make an easier-to-understand editing product for the mid-level photographer that wouldn't require a steep learning curve. They could always offer "upgrades" that would move someone up to more powerful versions for a more sustainable business model. Your video was well thought out and your parting thoughts gave me something to ponder.
Well explained, I actually understood that ;-) Basically if you don't get enough light onto your sensor you're going to have noise to contend with. I gave up worrying about it ages ago when I decided to shoot only jpeg, I want to spend more time out shooting, not in front of a screen. Excellent video, thanks.
I've shot images at 10000 ISO on a GH5 that people thought were good, it's all about exposure, composition and in the end media. I do a lot of night urban shooting even the cheap MFT primes are so sharp you can get great results wide open. The Lumix G 25mm F1.7 is a good example. I tend to use just LR Classic now I've found the NR has improved greatly for Lumix raw files int he last year or so especially. I used Topaz a couple of years ago found the results a little plasticky for my liking
Thanks for that - very useful run-through for someone like me who hates the processing aspect of photography - and denoising Gaelic Football seems an especially good idea. Cheers from NZ.
Used ON1 Photo RAW for editing with Ai noise removal which works very well. I use DXO PureRAW for heavily noisy images. This program. in addition to noise, it also corrects lens defects.
Nice realistic thoughts on noise Eli. I am in the very lucky circumstance to have two newer OM System bodies. With these bodies you can use AI Noise Reduction in the free OM Workspace editor. For the older bodies i need to use the standard tools in OM Workspace. Rob Trek has a nice video on how to use very subtle noise reduction with the unsharp mask.
I'm a big fan of DXO noise reduction, although Topaz is also really good. I have pictures I'm happy with shot at iso 25600 on my G9. I like the wrist strap metaphor. I feel pretty comfortable shooting up to at least iso 3200, even 6400 when needed.