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When shooting images and movies at High ISO (sensitivity) settings; bright spots, randomly-spaced bright pixels, fog and lines can occur in images; this is referred to as High ISO noise. The simplest way to avoid this is to set a lower ISO setting; however this is not always possible depending on the shooting conditions.When shooting in low light conditions a higher ISO sensitivity is required, this may be set automatically by the camera or can be manually set by the user depending on the mode used. DSLR and Z series cameras offer a High ISO NR option in the camera Settings menu to reduce noise, by default this option is set to Normal and will only be applied when required.Note: Nikon 1 cameras have a High ISO Noise Reduction on/off setting, by default noise reduction is on. Selected COOLPIX cameras do have a noise reduction setting in camera while others apply it automatically when required but have no menu setting.Image taken at ISO 8000A 100% magnified crop of the image above from the area under the bridge. Hi ISO Noise Reduction is not applied and noise can be seen in the image.The same crop with High ISO Noise Reduction set to High. The amount of noise is reduced significantly.The level of High ISO Noise Reduction set on a DSLR or Z series camera depends on the shooting conditions and your preference. High ISO noise reduction does affect sharpness, so we would recommend using the default setting and then trying with higher and lower settings as required.High ISO Noise Reduction can also be applied in post-production via software such as NX Studio, results will vary when compared to being applied in-camera.At high ISO sensitivities, lines may appear in photos taken with optional flash units, if this occurs, choose a lower ISO

"}"> DMKAlex • Veteran Member • Posts: 7,648 High ISO NR (Noise Reduction) Jan 10, 2016 On my Nikon, there is a setting that allows me to set High, Normal, Low and None on Hi ISO NR. Obviously, there is a balance and some compromises with each of these settings.My own research and testings seems to indicate, at high ISO (over 6400), I started to notice the effect.When under 6400, the is no or little effect on IQ.At high ISO like 12,800 or 25,600, the Hi setting cleans up the noise in the gray (shadow) area, but at the same time, I saw degradation of IQ.I would like to learn more form those who have more experience.1. Do you vary your Hi ISO NR setting?2. If no, why?2a. If yes, why and what are the determining factors?3. Is it better off to avoid IQ degradation by shooting by avoiding the High setting and then worry about NR in PP when I have more discretionary control with Photoshop or NIK?4. Is there a balance?Appreciate the input. Panasonic Lumix DC-GH6 Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm F1.4 Samyang 7.5mm F3.5 Fisheye Panasonic Leica 12-60mm F2.8-4.0 ASPH Panasonic 12-35mm F2.8 II +3 more "}"> SoCalWill • Veteran Member • Posts: 6,299 Re: High ISO NR (Noise Reduction) In reply to DMKAlex • Jan 10, 2016 4 All noise reduction off, let Lightroom handle it. In-camera NR tends to give you a mirage-wave/viewing-through-gaseous-vapor effect that helps shadows but hurts edges. Using post allows you subtlety

To 70 or more and can not tell ANY loss of detail. I have never had the need to then use NR in ACR.....as this will reduce detail. At a 20 setting in ACR NR, I see a significant reduction of detail in bird feathers, animal fur, etc. Of course, on skin it wouldn't be as much as an issue, but fine detail is still reduced.The second image above looks the best from a noise standpoint. The 3rd image has color banding in the dark background and the horse's neck...and more noise has been introduced into the image.YMMV.......... #4 The key, for me re: higher ISO shooting...don't crop. 12800 SOOC in a downpour, just sayin'Subscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available) #5 Now that most of my images are 24mpx or larger I use external noise reduction applications very rarely. A modest application of luminance and color noise reduction in Lightroom or ACR take care of the worst of it without losing too much detail. Then when I resize the image for printing or to go in a web gallery whatever noise that is left disappears. I think that if you used the default sharpening and color noise settings in ACR and added 20 luminance noise reduction to the straight out of camera version and then did an 8x10 print of all three - you would prefer the print from the first version. 100% views of high ISO shots taken with my D810 look pretty gnarly, but make gorgeous prints or web images. I agree in many cases modest applications of luma and chroma noise reduction should do the job. When viewing at 100% images may look gnarly especially when sharpened. While it is my opinion that we should do capture sharpening and noise reduction at 100% I also believe that we should have the output destination size in mind. As an example if the destination is going to a Canon or HP printer the desired resolution will be 300 ppi. Therefore if you are viewing on a monitor with 100 pixels per inch res. then you are looking at a 300% magnification of final print size when viewing at 100% zoom in your photo application. Trying to do this on screen by setting print size or reducing to 33.33% will not hack it either due to not having enough monitor pixel resolution at the reduced zoom.To put it into perspective took a copy of your original. Removed the colour noise (by a colour space conversion) then ran the PS reduce noise filter within CS6 to the state shown below. The reduction bottom left should measure around 4+" which is the size of the original when printed at 300ppiSubscribe to see EXIF info for this image (if available) #6 Removed the colour noise (by a colour space conversion) Tony, can you please explain this in more detail? I had not heard to "colour space conversion" before in this context.Thanks, #7 Hi BillYes, to explain a little more