PRO MEMBER
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2023
- Posts
- 241
- Solutions
- 1
- Likes Received
- 149
- Name
- AJ
I had been doing some experimenting with different types of shutter usage in the R6 Mk II in light conditions that require the use of ISO 3200+, to see there is a noise difference between mechanical shutters and EFCS and E only.
So far my hypothesis from my LR observations of the .CR3 files (CRAW) is that electronic shutter usage to include EFCS, produces more color noise than mechanical shutter usage. I shot a corporate event at ISO 3200 using EFCS and the color noise in some of the images was noticeable without correction.
On the flip side I shot an ice hockey game at ISO 3200, and a wrestling match at ISO 6400 in mechanical shutter mode and the noise production was mostly luminance noise, color noise was minimal to non existent. Such little noise that I did zero noise reduction on my hockey photos and 25 strength denoise AI in LR on the wrestling photos, though frankly, they didn’t really need it. The reduction took out the small amount of color noise that was present and did a bit of tidying on the luminance noise.
Now, the difference is I shot both ice hockey and wrestling at +1/3 to +1 EV and the corporate event and -1/3 to 0 EV. To test this hypothesis I am going to set up a controlled shot at a slight + EV using all three shutter modes. Then we can all pixel peep to our hearts content and decide if there is any difference.
So far my hypothesis from my LR observations of the .CR3 files (CRAW) is that electronic shutter usage to include EFCS, produces more color noise than mechanical shutter usage. I shot a corporate event at ISO 3200 using EFCS and the color noise in some of the images was noticeable without correction.
On the flip side I shot an ice hockey game at ISO 3200, and a wrestling match at ISO 6400 in mechanical shutter mode and the noise production was mostly luminance noise, color noise was minimal to non existent. Such little noise that I did zero noise reduction on my hockey photos and 25 strength denoise AI in LR on the wrestling photos, though frankly, they didn’t really need it. The reduction took out the small amount of color noise that was present and did a bit of tidying on the luminance noise.
Now, the difference is I shot both ice hockey and wrestling at +1/3 to +1 EV and the corporate event and -1/3 to 0 EV. To test this hypothesis I am going to set up a controlled shot at a slight + EV using all three shutter modes. Then we can all pixel peep to our hearts content and decide if there is any difference.
