Lab 5: Noise Reduction

ISO: 100 

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 2 sec.

N.R Setting: Low

ISO: 100 

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 2 sec.

N. R. Setting: Standard

ISO: 100 

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 2 sec.

N. R. Setting: High

ISO: 100 

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 3.2 sec.

Long Exp. Noise Reduction: On

ISO: 100 

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 3.2 sec.

Everything off

ISO: 800

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 0.3 sec

N.R. Setting: Low

ISO: 800

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 0.3 sec

N. R. Setting: Standard

ISO: 800

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 0.3 sec

N. R. Setting: High

ISO: 800

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 0.5 sec

Long Exp. Noise Reduction: On

ISO: 800

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 0.6 sec

Everything Off

ISO: 3200

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/8

N. R. Setting: Low

ISO: 3200

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/8

N. R. Setting: Standard

ISO: 3200

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/8

N. R. Setting: High

ISO: 3200

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/6

Long Exp. Noise Reduction: On

ISO: 3200

Aperture: f/13

Shutter Speed: 1/6

Everything Off

When zooming in, we can really see the noise reduction and when you compare the different pictures, you see a difference.  The more the setting of the noise reduction is high, the more soft the picture looks. I would use the camera noise reduction, but I would set it to low or standard so I don't lose much details, I want to have a bigger control on how much noise reduction I want from Lightroom. I think the standard gave the best result in terms of noise reduction and not loosing a lot of details at the same time.