Torture Test
I have recently upgrades Capture 1 Pro, Da Vinci and ON1 No Noise to the latest versions.
C1 and NoNoise today. I had to go out of my way to create a crappy enough space to create this file.
The file. Pen F at ISO 12,800, slightly under exposed with an ancient F series Olympus 25mm half frame at f8. The camera is a good test as it is not my best low light performer, but still gets use. The lens was on it and I know it is sharp enough.
Bit grim.
Capture 1 on its own did ok. This is amazing compared to wrestling with Lightroom a few years ago (probably the base file is actually).
ON1 2022. I used to send a semi processed TIFF over, but for fairness, I went for a DNG. Good as expected, especially in sharpness.
ON1 2024. A little fake looking but clean and sharp. I could add some saturation etc, but looking at it is slightly duller than the original, where the other two are a little more saturated. Keep in mind also, this is a bad file and cropped heavily. I get the feeling the new version will “make it so” regardless of the original, making up lost detail (using AI?), if needed.
I will hang on to ON1 2022 for a while until I have seen more examples, but if I am dealing with those files I need, but have mightily mucked up, 2024 is the way to go. Also, there is much that can be changed in programme, the base settings likely set to impress.