In-camera noise reduction

[Gera]

Does anyone use it? Should it be used? Why or why not?

 

Thanks. 

[Christina Keddie]

Are you shooting in raw?  If so, and if you're using LR or ACR to read your raw files (rather than the proprietary Canon/Nikon software), then the in-camera noise reduction isn't going to apply.

If you're shooting JPG -- please stop.   And with JPGs, I'd still avoid using in-camera noise reduction -- it's a blunt force tool, compared to the scalpel of proper noise reduction which you apply yourself in LR or ACR.

[Gera]

Alright!

I do shoot RAW. It's just that my images often come noisy 

[Damien Symonds]

Raw noise removal

[Samantha LaRue]

  On 2/14/2016 at 6:46 AM, Gera said:

Alright!

I do shoot RAW. It's just that my images often come noisy 

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Noise is really common with raw and it doesn't necessarily mean you are doing anything wrong either. If you can post a 100% crop of your images, we can let you know if the noise is anything extreme.