Feb 27, 2012, 14:13
Robert, D200 sensor is not quite on par with D300, so I am not surprised that you were not removed the noise at that ISO on D200. I am sure that your Leica is wonderful - enjoy.
Is noise reduction overrated? I think it is a personal preference. Unless the photo visually benefits from digital noise (a personal call of course) I would remove it. I think that there are photos with film grain with a lot of charm and great photos may have had film grain. However I remember the effort most serious photographers made to keep the grain to the minimum most of the time. It is worth reiterating it seems, that digital noise looks quite different from film grain.
Pavel
Is noise reduction overrated? I think it is a personal preference. Unless the photo visually benefits from digital noise (a personal call of course) I would remove it. I think that there are photos with film grain with a lot of charm and great photos may have had film grain. However I remember the effort most serious photographers made to keep the grain to the minimum most of the time. It is worth reiterating it seems, that digital noise looks quite different from film grain.
Pavel
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