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Mate, you are making me think of what lens could live on my E-1, and using it for the first time in years. Perhaps the 14-54 MkII? The 14-54 MkI was its "kit lens". Faster lenses really helped these older cameras, with their relatively restricted high ISO settings.Yes. It is refreshing to have a camera that is just stills with no thought to video or hybrid.
The gear is cheap and just works as I would want it to. Even at almost 20 years old, it is still very capable and most of all, fun to use.
Which software are you using with it, Andrew?So far on this Maxxum 7D, anything ISO 800 or higher, has not been successful in post processing to my taste.
It makes using the 500/8 Reflex challenging, but it’s all about learning the gear and dealing with the limitations!
LightroomWhich software are you using with it,Andrew?
Which software are you using with it, Andrew?
Hmmmm. I'm not a Lightroom user myself, could never get along with it, but it should be using the same, or similar, NR algorithms as Photoshop, which I do use.Lightroom
I use Lightroom but not for noise reduction, except the default color noise. The rest I do after exporting a tiff to Photoshop, where I find noise reduction more fine tuned, and where I can always do it on a separate layer and adjust opacity if push comes to shove. It has definitely gotten better over time. In the old days I used Neat Image, but a third party app is no longer necessary. I admittedly have a fairly high tolerance for luminance noise; it's the color noise that makes me twitchy.Hmmmm. I'm not a Lightroom user myself, could never get along with it, but it should be using the same, or similar, NR algorithms as Photoshop, which I do use.
Maybe there's just something about the Maxxum RAW files that LR doesn't like?
PS certainly improved very considerably with my E-1 RAWs. Instead of ISO 3200 adding a whole new meaning to the phrase "coloured photography", decently exposed files (but noisy as hell!) scrub up OK (i.e. usable).