The DS' Noise Reduction kicks in at around 1/8 second or so. Here's a comparison picture of NR on and NR off offers for a 30 second exposure, processed from RAW with both Vuescan and Camera Raw: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/straight-NR-comp.jpg
I'll have to go back through my archive to get the EXIF data for #s 6194 and 6193 PEF files. Godfrey On Nov 6, 2006, at 8:22 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > Hmmm .... maybe I'll play around with lower ISO ratings and see what > happens. I never tried noise reduction in the camera either. Any > thoughts > about that? > >> That's much better than you could ever achieve with ISO 1600 color >> film. In fact, it's an excellent shot. The lack of perfection is part >> of its appeal. In my opinion, to achieve something better in terms of >> rendering would require medium format BW. >> >>> I took the pic down but, for you, have just put it up again. You >>> can see >>> all the noise in the dark apron and pants of the waitress, and the >>> muddiness in Zones 1,2, and perhaps 3. >>> >>> http://home.earthlink.net/~ebay-pics/bkfast_at_bette's.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

