Epic-X @12800 ISO with Noise Reduction

[Álex Montoya]

Here in HD.

 

[Malvin Ng]

Wow What noise reduction program did you use ?

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Ok... WOW!

Naturally you lose a lot of tonality, and the exposure looks more like it could be around 3200/1600, but still cool

As it is, you don't add noise by adding ISO so the results wouldn't differ a lot.

Would've been nice to see a before and after and possibly the RAW frame...

Curious as to what is actually in the exposure, not just the ISO setting...

But thanks for posting

 

[Álex Montoya]

I know what you mean, Gunleik, the test has a limited value but it's interesting nonetheless.

Here's the 'before' frame in HD.

And here's the frame developed with RC3/RG3 at 800ISO.

The program used for noise reduction was Topaz Denoise.

You can download the original R3D here.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Thankls Alex.

I guess I'd have put this online at RLF/800/1000/4400 kelvin.... The denoising kills off a lot of tonality in the skin, making it look a bit C300'ish...-

But it is interesting.
The image isn't really underexposed, if it was intended as shot...

Thus, there isn't a lot of real/relevant noise in there to begin with...

Matter of taste, but because of the skin, I kinda like the un denoised 12800 better....

Aren't we all different!

 

[Álex Montoya]

I like it better too! Just trying to see the noise characteristics and how 'cleanable' it is.

I didn't shoot that myself, but I believe it's one stop underexposed or so, maybe trying to protect the lamp.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Yup...

Or just to shoot a nightscene in front of a pc...

 

[Álex Montoya]

That's lit. With small lamps but it is lit.

My take on the CC would go this way more or less:

 

[Gunleik Groven]

Didn't intend "unlit", just that I think it's ok to be dark if you wanna be dark... Your grade is the best option IMHO

 

[Rami Mustakim]

I like it better that way but I must say Topaz Denoise does an amazing work.
I guess render time must take long though for video.
Don't even know if this plugin exist for motion...

Or this Color Grade without any noise reduction.
Epic is a great camera !!!

 

[Álex Montoya]

It certainly is an amazing camera.

 

[Brandon J.F.]

Really impressive. I wonder how filters like this will work with Photoshop CS6 now that you can open video and r3d files.

 

[Gunleik Groven]

I'd have waited until there is 16-bit support for RAW... Curious about how still filters will work on video, as well. Some may work very well, others, not so much, I guess...

 

[Álex Montoya]

I don't think Neatvideo would do a much worser job.

 

[Adrian Hernandez]

Álex, Topaz for what application? Photoshop? AE ? I've checked the wsite (Topaz Denoise) and it seems it's only for Photoshop.

 

[Álex Montoya]

Topaz is what I had available, guys. Use Neatvideo with the R3D and I'm sure you will get similar results.

 

[Nick Morrison]

I think this is totally mind boggling. For all those shooters that say the F3 can "see into the dark", I think this is interesting proof of the power of RAW and how deep into the night IT can see. Kinda amazing I think.

 

[Noah Yuan-Vogel]

Using high ISO settings to make a bright scenes brighter is hugely different from using high ISOs to bring up highly underexposed images. You can get clean ISO12800 images all day if you take images that are well exposed at ISO800 and just crank up the ISO.

 

[Chris McKechnie]

Simply amazing!!

 

[Adam Johnson]

Scarlet can see into the night the same way the C300 can (not quite as high ISO). Either way, the main difference is that C300 uses in-camera denoising. Doing it in post vs. in-camera denoising at all ISO's. It would be cool if Red had an in-camera denoising option for high ISO's but I'm sure Dragon will make this unnecessary.