Another reason to "get it right" in the camera

[donoreo]

Noise reduction. I have not tried this test myself, but I am going to.

The basic concept is to get the exposure correct in the camera when you take the photo. I know, sounds like a simple idea. Apparently, it can keep noise levels down. In the test the author purposely underexposed a photo by two stops at ISO 1600 and then adjusted the RAW file in software (Lightroom in this case). He also took the same shot at ISO6400. The camera used was a Canon 5D MkII. The image with ISO6400 in camera has less noise when you zoom in than the one adjusted in post.

Results may vary depending on the software, but Lightroom would be pretty much the same as Photoshop (same ACR modules).

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/p...voiding-noise/

[Cathus]

I've read that actually Lighttroom is worse than Photoshop for adding noise when you try to recover detail. It might have been Scott Kelby who recommended doing most stuff in Lightroom, but leaving major changes in detail recovery to Photoshop, someone like that anyway.

Must be worth experimenting with.

[donoreo]

Odd that it would be much different. I have LR 4 now so my test will be with it.