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fergs25
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February 26, 2024
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Are Nikon D810 files compatible with Lightroom to denoise?

  • February 26, 2024
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Good Morning,

I have recently installed Lightroom Classic and am trying to denoise my Nikon D810 NEF-raw files and am seeing a grayed out error message that they are not compatible.  Are these files not actually Raw?  Are these not able to use Denoise?  

I was trying to receive support regarding this last night and then got disconnected from the chat.

Thank you for your assistance,

Kim 

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D Fosse
Community Expert
D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 26, 2024

I had a D810 some years ago, and testing these files now, Denoise works.

 

I can't recall now if this camera had M or S raws, but if so, that won't work. They are probably demosaiced in camera, and Denoise can't work with demosaiced files. Only full resolution raws work.

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
February 26, 2024

According to Nikon USA, the outputs from a D810 are

 

 

so no M or S Raw, and I don't know if the "compressed" mentioned above is a problem for AI DeNoise, but I would not think so because all Nikons offer uncompressed and compressed RAW images.

    GoldingD
    GoldingD
    Legend
    February 26, 2024

    Fairly sure LrC AI DeNoise will not support compressed RAW.

     

    /edit/

    I state compressed RAW, but actually in that Nikon, you have Nikon  Full resolution  RAW and Small size format. Perhaps stating Small as compressed is wrong. And the Small is not what LrC is looking for. So not that it is compressed, but that it is a separate format as far as LrC sees it.

     

    You may need to look at it in camera to determine full or small. 

     

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    February 26, 2024

    What is the exact word-for-word error message?

     

    Are you sure these are not JPGs?

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    fergs25Author
    Participant
    February 27, 2024

    They are definitely not jpgs. 

    D Fosse
    Community Expert
    D FosseCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 27, 2024

    Show a screenshot from Windows Explorer so that we can see file extension and file sizes (should be around 42 MB). Also pixel dimensions (they should be 7360 x 4912)

     

    My own D810 files are all DNGs, but I also have some D800 NEFs, and Denoise works there too.

     

    Bottom line - there is absolutely no reason raw files from a D810 shouldn't work with Denoise. So the question is what is special with these files.

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