canonlyme Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Hey guys, I am going to shoot in a cave and have borrowed a gh5. Normally I have noise redution cranked down all the way, but I don't do post processing including neat video and am not looking to buy it. In camera noise reduction seems to be always mentioned in the same breath as "neat video", but I haven't really found anyone comparing combinations of in camera noise reduction to using post processing and other forms than neat video, as well as comparing a camera with and without noise reduction. Consequently, I am wondering if I should shoot the cave with noise reduction cranked all the way down, or if I should rather trust the in camera processing of noise if I will not target the noise in post anyway! I am going to keep the iso below 400 at all points. Looking forward to your answers and views, maybe even different ideas of handling noise apart from neat video in premiere or davinci light. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirozina Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 GH5 NR is pretty good and it's still active even when you set it to -5. That being said why not shoot some low light scenes with different levels of NR and see which you like best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmizer Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 Neat video makes the difference anyway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirozina Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 2 hours ago, maxmizer said: Neat video makes the difference anyway ? Resolve Studio NR is pretty good as well and I reckon you can squeeze another stop of usable DR out of the GH5 with good NR in post.... Geoff CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmizer Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 4 minutes ago, Shirozina said: Resolve Studio NR is pretty good as well and I reckon you can squeeze another stop of usable DR out of the GH5 with good NR in post.... I did not make any other names for the original price ... even what you have indicated is equally good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangenz Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 7 hours ago, Shirozina said: Resolve Studio NR is pretty good as well and I reckon you can squeeze another stop of usable DR out of the GH5 with good NR in post.... I suspect it is the same thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canonlyme Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 thanks guys, I actually had the same issue with sharpening and it takes me so long to sharpen every clip with unsharp mask in post, next time I will film with more in camera sharpening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirozina Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, canonlyme said: thanks guys, I actually had the same issue with sharpening and it takes me so long to sharpen every clip with unsharp mask in post, next time I will film with more in camera sharpening! Even with sharpening set to minimum it's still too sharp for some - each to their own I guess. I nealy ruined a couple of shots a couple of months ago when I accidentally left the sharpening at 0 and not -5 and had to do some softening in resolve to get it to look natural. and not over sharpened. canonlyme 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrothersthre3 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 You are going to be shooting at 400 iso? I wouldn't think you'd need any noise reduction unless you were shooting higher. hansel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirozina Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 11 hours ago, thebrothersthre3 said: You are going to be shooting at 400 iso? I wouldn't think you'd need any noise reduction unless you were shooting higher. Even at 400 ISO NR is needed if you want to push the shadows / have clean deep shadows which the OP may well be dealing with shooting in a cave..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Kuźniar Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Not GH5 but G85 here and I have my NR at 0. I did a test with -5 NR and 0 NR and found that for youtube, the difference in detail/sharpness is nothing compared to time saved in post with not having to denoise every.single.clip. Still, if I were shooting serious client work, I'd go to -5 NR and denoise in post for the ability to fine tune the level of denoising but in general, 0NR works great for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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