Dragon, how to get maximum noiseless DR?

[Jay Rodriguez]

So I've been toying around with both the Epic Dragon and Scarlet Dragon and haven't really found a great settings recipe yet. How do you get maximum, clean DR out of your Dragon sensor and are DRAGONcolor and REDgamma4 the better choices?

Jay

 

[Jake Wilganowski]

Many many threads on this. To put it in absolute simplest terms in a practical way: look at Raw View histogram, learn how to read it, and give it enough light. If you do this, you can switch back to drago color and RG4, then adjust your ISO to whatever looks best. The key is to feed the sensor enough light. The bulk of the histogram should be more to the right without clipping in Raw View. This will give the results you want.

 

[Phil Holland]

So I've been toying around with both the Epic Dragon and Scarlet Dragon and haven't really found a great settings recipe yet. How do you get maximum, clean DR out of your Dragon sensor and are DRAGONcolor and REDgamma4 the better choices?

Jay

The noise, grain, and texture increase as you change your ISO rating.

Lower ISO values = less noise, less Dynamic Range dedicated to Highlights above Middle Gray, and more Dynamic Range dedicated to the shadows below Middle Gray.
Higher ISO values = more noise, more Dynamic Range dedicated to Highlights above Middle Graphy, and less Dynamic Range dedicated to shadows below Middle Gray.

The cleanest image possible on Dragon is shooting at ISO 250 because of the nature of how this works on all cameras.

 

[Gavin Greenwalt]

Noise increases exponentially from every stop below white. Dragon has up to a theoretical maximum of 18 stops. So figure out how many stops below white at 320 ISO you consider "noiseless" and that's the maximum DR that meets your subjective definition.

 

[Kemalettin Sert]

Almost same thread
http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?126863-Getting-full-Dynamic-Range-from-Dragon