Originally Posted by
anrkitec
I tried both, and choose NeatImage though with the D700 NC2 does a decent job as well.
NeatImage have profiles for all of my equipment and seem to update them regularly.
To be perfectly honest though - with the D700 I find that I have precious little use for any noise reduction filters anymore.
NC2?
I have read conflicting opinions about when noise reduction should be applied. Before any other PP vs. after. As I understand, NN converts to tiff files. I am accustomed to working on dng files, but have no idea if that makes any difference in LR.
I am shooting mostly at 3200 and often have to up the exposure and make significant white balance adjustments in LR to get a decent image. That seems to bring out the noise. Also, one of the venues has a very annoying red stage light that really messes up the shots.