K7 FPS and in-camera noise reduction
Posted 04/03/2010 - 15:49
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Well it must slow it down a little, since by definition, dark frame subtraction adds a shutter-closed 'exposure' equal in length to the actual exposure. Then, presumably, there's a little processing time.
Whether this is significant with already very short exposures, I'd doubt, but isn't this the sort of thing you'd want to know for certain, by trying it out for yourself first?
Whether this is significant with already very short exposures, I'd doubt, but isn't this the sort of thing you'd want to know for certain, by trying it out for yourself first?
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Posted 04/03/2010 - 16:32
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The lens correction options takes a lot of time I would certainly set those off, noise reduction shouldn't hit the FPS preformance unless you fill the buffer.
Stefan
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Posted 04/03/2010 - 16:56
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Does the in camera noise reduction effect RAW files?
I thought it was just Jpegs that had any NR on them.
I thought it was just Jpegs that had any NR on them.
Posted 04/03/2010 - 17:00
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The K-7 does not perform DFS with fast shutter speeds, so that is a non-issue when shooting fps.
High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
~Pete
Posted 04/03/2010 - 17:01
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ChrisA wrote:
Whether this is significant with already very short exposures
It (DFS) is not even activated for very short exposures. But that's not the only NR the camera can do, even with RAW.
Whether this is significant with already very short exposures
~Pete
Posted 04/03/2010 - 17:51
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I think I'll just turn NR off to be on the safe side.
Posted 04/03/2010 - 17:59
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iceblinker wrote:
High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
Wouldn't it just happily fill the buffer while the processor takes his time reducing the noise?
High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
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Posted 04/03/2010 - 18:00
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Turn off NR, Distortion and CA correction. That should allow you to shoot at the rated 5 fps until the camera buffer is full.
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Posted 04/03/2010 - 19:07
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Anvh wrote:
I don't know, I haven't tested it. It depends how quickly it does the NR.
iceblinker wrote:
High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
Wouldn't it just happily fill the buffer while the processor takes his time reducing the noise?High-ISO NR is different. I haven't tested if it affects speed, but you can leave it turned off all the time anyway and do NR afterwards.
~Pete
Posted 04/03/2010 - 19:45
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iceblinker wrote:
I don't know, I haven't tested it. It depends how quickly it does the NR.
How quick it does the NR isn't important right if it first upload the image in the buffer the sensor is ready to make the other photo, so it shouldn't have an impact on shooting speed but I can just as easily be wrong though.
I don't know, I haven't tested it. It depends how quickly it does the NR.
Stefan
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AF-540FGZ
Posted 04/03/2010 - 22:39
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Shouldn't that also apply to lens correction, then? But it doesn't, indicating that the camera doing more than one thing at once slows it down.
~Pete
Posted 05/03/2010 - 10:34
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at a guess, the buffer has limited bandwidth for data transfer, so if the CPU is using some reading the previous frame for NR/CA/Distortion correction then there is less available for dumping a new frame to the buffer, slowing the whole thing down.
They made a big thing about how the K10D had 800MB/s DDR SDRAM for its buffer. If K10D, which had no CA/D correction to do and a top speed of ~3FPS at 10MPix, needed RAM that fast, K7 surely needs more.
They made a big thing about how the K10D had 800MB/s DDR SDRAM for its buffer. If K10D, which had no CA/D correction to do and a top speed of ~3FPS at 10MPix, needed RAM that fast, K7 surely needs more.
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Posted 05/03/2010 - 11:00
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If fast shooting is your prime requirement, I would consider shooting in JPEG, and even reduce the quality slightly to increase speed even more.
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I always shoot in Raw and need fast FPS, can anyone tell me if having in-camera noise reduction on slows down the FPS on the K7.
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