C100: C100 and Ninja2 in camera noise reduction test (cine1, wdr, canon-log gamma, 25p,25i)

Pave1

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The NoiseReduction in camera test (NR0, NR2, NR4).

https://vimeo.com/88598926

Samyang 24mm/f1.5, a very poor light, ISO850, ISO1600, ISO4000, internal AVCHD+external Ninja2 recording.

Avid Symphony at postproduction, I was working with these versions of clips (in this order):
1. AVCHD in XDCAM long GOP HQ 35Mbps 420 codec
2. AVCHD in Avid DNxHD185 (422, 8bit. I-Frame only) codec
3. Ninja2 version in Avid DNxHD185 (true 422, 8bit, I-Frame only) codec
4. repeat "1." for better visual contrast with "3."


All these codecs are present with NR0, NR2 and NR4 versions, with three levels of ISO. There were NO COLOR CORRECTIONs at post, I did only a minor black setup (with master pedestal) for the same start point in black and I increased (a lot) the gain level for canon-log clips with low ISO, nothing else (in higher ISO there was no need for such increasing level of gain in post, the canon-log result is much better in this case).


The result was exported in DNxHD185 (422, 8bit) and for vimeo this master file was transcoded in Sorenson Squeeze to H264, with 15Mbps in slow (high quality) rendering. I sugest to download the orig H264 file (DNxHD 185Mbps version is the best, but it is too big file for vimeo).

C100 has a higher noise level in black parts of pictures, the higher ISO level helps with this so the best result has cine1 gamma, NR2 and ISO4000 level version of clips (in this case of scene with a poor light). Also different gamma have a different noise levels (and 25p version is much sharper and better than 25i version).
In the picture is also a small PIP with the 400pct magnification which helps to see the differences (also in chroma subsampling 420 vs. 422 on the test chart). ABB was made for all different ISO parts. Chroma subsampling differences are also visible for example on the brown paw of the rabbit (22:43).


Thanks to Pavel LOPOLO Jirak for lending the Ninja2 recorder.

(the best part is at 19:00, the worse is at 18:00).
 
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Here are some printscreens from my notebook screen (from H264 and orig QT DNxHD185)
for Ninja2 with in camera NR:

http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/006b_NINJA2_NR0_at_21min_30sec_origQT.tif
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/007b_NINJA2_NR2_at_22min_07sec_origQT.tif
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/008b_NINJA2_NR4_at_22min_40sec_origQT.tif - the winner for QT version (NR4, cine1, 25p)
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/001_NINJA2_NR0_at_21min_30sec_H264.tif
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/002_NINJA2_NR2_at_22min_07sec_H264.tif - the winner for H264 version (NR2, cine1, 25p)
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/003_NINJA2_NR4_at_22min_40sec_H264.tif

(at the name of files is time, all are in 25p, iso4000)


And Canon-log version in ISO2000 (NR2) from the orig QT
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/008c_cine1_ISO2000_NINJA2_NR2_OrigQT.tif
and ISO4000
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/017_NINJA2_ISO4000_log_NR2_origQT.tif

also one from the best - cine1 (with cine1 col. matrix), 25p, ISO4000, very nice noise and also colors
http://www.videoproduce.cz/images/019_NINJA2_NR2_cine1_cine1colmatrix_QT.tif

I hope that this test helps not only to me.
 
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