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Dawson
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Thanks for making those files available again Vladimir, they were really helpful!
First of all I see what you mean about GRD JPEG vs RAW... in the real world there's very little to differenciate between the JEPG and processed RAW, so shooting JPEG will be fine, especially as this fits in with my normal workflow anyway.
The GRD vs GRD2 comparisons are interesting. Of course with there being more megapixels you're peering "further" into the scene with the GRD2 at 100% than you are the GRD, but there seems to be a distinct "fuzziness" created either by the very tight noise or the NR, and sharpening to reveal the "grain" (something I did like to do with the GRD because of that filmic look) seems to uncover more ugly noise/artifacts on the GRDII for sure.
Whilst I wouldn't mind the extra processing to get the image looking just right tone-wise with the GRD2, I was randomly picking images from the set you've uploaded and it was quite easy to tell the difference between the GRD and GRDII noise-wise, and in his regard I much prefer the GRD.
Just got to keep my fingers crossed that Calumet still has a NOS GRD left on it's eBay page in a week or so's time when I get an eBay gift certificate to help me along the way...
I'd heard about the Expose to the Right thing before, I'll definitely check that out with regards to the GRD, thanks!
First of all I see what you mean about GRD JPEG vs RAW... in the real world there's very little to differenciate between the JEPG and processed RAW, so shooting JPEG will be fine, especially as this fits in with my normal workflow anyway.
The GRD vs GRD2 comparisons are interesting. Of course with there being more megapixels you're peering "further" into the scene with the GRD2 at 100% than you are the GRD, but there seems to be a distinct "fuzziness" created either by the very tight noise or the NR, and sharpening to reveal the "grain" (something I did like to do with the GRD because of that filmic look) seems to uncover more ugly noise/artifacts on the GRDII for sure.
Whilst I wouldn't mind the extra processing to get the image looking just right tone-wise with the GRD2, I was randomly picking images from the set you've uploaded and it was quite easy to tell the difference between the GRD and GRDII noise-wise, and in his regard I much prefer the GRD.
Just got to keep my fingers crossed that Calumet still has a NOS GRD left on it's eBay page in a week or so's time when I get an eBay gift certificate to help me along the way...
I'd heard about the Expose to the Right thing before, I'll definitely check that out with regards to the GRD, thanks!