HUGE artifacts in image

ThomasGeist

• December 28, 2007 16:16

And I thought C4 was nice and ready!

Now take a look at that. D200, ISO 800. Mac.

Full picture, white balanced, exposure shift
http://www.thomasgeist.com/misc/dwf/DSC_7107.jpg

Nikon Capture NX 1.0.3
http://www.thomasgeist.com/misc/dwf/DSC_7107_NX.jpg

Capture 1 LE 3.77
http://www.thomasgeist.com/misc/dwf/DSC_7107_C1-LE.jpg

Capture 1 4
http://www.thomasgeist.com/misc/dwf/DSC_7107_c1-4.jpg

Holy Cr@p! Look at her face! Where does this come from??
Now I lost all my confidence in using C1 4!

Also C1 4's sharpening is very harsh. It rips apart, especially in pictures with noise. Like USM on steroids. And there's hardly a setting that looks nice.

Last but not least the lack of detail. It's a crappy, noisy shot anyway. But look at his teeth and eye. Ouch.

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  Jonathan Gilbert

  • December 28, 2007 16:26

  Hello Thomas,
  
  turn down your color noise reduction setting in the focus tool and you will not see that same type artifact.

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  ThomasGeist

  • December 28, 2007 17:23

  Thank you, that worked pretty well. Although there is some sharp blue pixels in the chroma noise now (not seen in Capture NX for instance, even when NR is off).
  
  As a second question:
  I find the sharpening pretty unpleasant, it shows sharp artifacts that do not show up as bad in C1's 100% preview. Only in the final JPEG they can be seen.
  Even when Sharpening is turned off completely, the image still looks rough.
  
  C1 LE 3.77 and Capture NX (no USM but regular sharpening there) produce visible but soft and film like grain/noise. C1 4 produces harsh and rough grain.
  Even if I use C1 4's Sharpening preset "Version 3.7 - Soft look".
  
  Compare it in the images I posted.
  
  This is the closest I could come:
  (Sharpening 100 0.5 0.0, Noise Reduction 30 30)
  http://www.thomasgeist.com/misc/dwf/DSC_7107_C1-4NR.jpg

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