grainy dark video Help

[-Habanero-]

Haha I remember this thread.
Is the bigger problem the noise or bit depth? If the video was recording in HDR or 10-bit depth, could it be better enhanced or would details still be drowned out by the noise?

[Cornucopia]

Certain kinds of noise (as well as some compression artifacting, @newpball) can be alleviated by temporal smoothing/averaging, when that is appropriate to be applied.

Both HDR and greater bit depth (not necessarily the same thing) may, and in most normal circumstances, should help, but that's more hypothetical/academic in this situation.

Scott

[johnmeyer]

One frame does have a profie:



That's all I could find in there.

[jagabo]

LOL. That's his shirt, or maybe the top of his pants. Not his face.

[johnmeyer]

LOL. That's his shirt, or maybe the top of his pants. Not his face.

Hmmm ... maybe you're right. But if those are his pants, then what is that thing that looks like his nose?

Oh, never mind. Better not to answer that.

[poisondeathray]

Reminds me of a Picasso!

[smrpix]

Reminds me of a Picasso!

Further proof of his genius -- the man anticipated macroblocking by 70 years!