| A couple of thoughts. If you have been testing these cameras, it implies you've not purchased yet. I've heard Canon is coming out w/a large chipped, high mpxl camera @ PMA. A camera such as the Canon 5D allows one to make medium format looking blow-ups to 24x30 with ease, no noise and virtually no sharpening but for using their proprietary software to enlarge. If that is not the case, and through testing @ a couple of Expos, I settle on Noise Ninja. With my own Olympus 8080, a very good 8 mpxl advance amateur camera I regularly blow up images to 22x28. Admittedly they are not perfect and super sharp etc. but they do look very good. Noise Ninja inhibits the splotchy look in many open areas such as sky.
On January2007, at 9:39 PM, Don Bryant wrote: Does anyone have any strong opinions about Neat Image and/or Noise Ninja? I've been testing different DSLRs, using high ISOs for RAW captures, and to my surprise the digital noise isn't as bad as I expected, though it's definitely there. So far I prefer Neat Image to Noise Ninja but I don't have the full blown versions of either package so a complete evaluation isn't possible. I'd rather not purchase both to determine which is better. I'm primarily interested in noise reduction rather than other features such as image sharpening. Any shared experience with either package (or any other) will be appreciated. TIA, Don Bryant |