Hi,


my first post. I have not used DPP for a long time, preferring Lightroom and CS4. Recently I got a 7d and tested AutoISO. It frequently set ISO3200 in low light. I would never set this high with my 5D. The result was disappointing - more noise than I expected. I found Lightroom and CS4 to be not satisfying with reducing noise from such a high ISO settingwith a 7d.


I remember reading here that someone mentioned the Canon tech at his shop saying than Canon understands its sensors and builds this knowledge into its software. So I returned to DDP and downloaded the latest 3.8.1 and had a look at the noise reduction features. Wow, I share that it handles 7d ISO 3200 noise reduction much better than I have found with either Lightroom or ACR CS4. Transferring the improved files to Lightroom is a bit problematic and the noise reduction data is a bit scrambled. But in ACR CS4 the transferred files retain the DDP noise reduction data well.


Thereare someother nice features I have discovered with DPP 3.8.1


a) taking lots of pictures for microadjustment and using Control I shows the microadjustment of each photo so it is easier for me to review them than looking back at my notebook to refer to settings.


b) reviewing similar files done in Liveview and the microadjustment data is gone from the file. I wonder is this feature disables in Liveview?


anyway, enough for a first post. Great forum - I have learned a lot from the posts here.





best wishes, Neil