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landov
Known Participant
April 19, 2023

P: Denoise on DNG from Ricoh GR-III x is missing Luminance Denoise-

  • April 19, 2023
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Just find out, that DENOISE dont work for RAW files from Ricoh GRIIIx (DNGs)

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Participant
October 31, 2025

I allready tried DxO pure RAW. Not working with the GR IV.

jebek
Participant
October 27, 2025

Same as the GRIII, Ricoh is baking in DNG noise reduction for any image shot over ISO200, and you can't turn the feature off.

 

Adobe claims Ricoh would have to stop using their baked-in RAW noise reduction for Lightroom's AI NR plugin to work, and Ricoh isn't going to do that (well, they certainly never bothered with the GRIII, so I doubt anything would change with the IV).

 

Some other advanced NR plugins with work with the GRIV (reportedly... I haven't tested personally), like DxO's PureRaw.

Given's it's been years of Adobe being unable to work around Ricoh's raw NR system, I wouldn't expect it to change any time soon. 

Participant
October 27, 2025

It's best not to hope that Adobe and Ricoh will solve this problem together, but to find suitable replacement products, whether software or cameras. I changed software because I love GR too much.

Participant
October 26, 2025

The option for AI noise reduction seems to do nothing to Ricoh GR IV DNG-files. After processing noise is is still visible.  Don't have the same issue with Sony files. Looks like a bug.

 

Any sugestion what causes it and what could be a solution? 

Participant
September 3, 2025

The workaround with DNG lossless conversion seems to remove too much detail and does not work as expected, unlike how denoise is supposed to perform.

paulvkraft
Inspiring
September 1, 2025

I'm left wonderring if the new GRIV rectifies this?

Participant
September 1, 2025
Unfortunately no, GR IV is having the same noise reduction baked into the
RAW file.
Participant
August 31, 2025

您测试的结果如何呢?

danilot27785307
Inspiring
August 31, 2025
non male ma la riduzione rumore non è uniforme, è a chiazze. Comunque
meglio che niente
johnrellis
Legend
July 13, 2025

Here's a potential workaround:

 

I downloaded one of the sample files provided above:
https://rebafoto.ch/dpr/RI002451.dng

If I select that DNG and do Library > Convert Photo To DNG with the option Use Lossy Compression, Denoise works well with that new DNG. This aligns with Adobe employee Rikk Flohr's implication that the camera was generating DNGs that didn't fully conform with the DNG standard. Converting to lossy DNG is writing a brand new DNG.

That could be an acceptable workaround. You're usually hard-pressed to see significant differences between lossy and non-lossy DNGs even when pixel peeping at high magnification.

danilot27785307
Inspiring
July 14, 2025
Wow.... This could be a good workaround. I'll test it my side this evening
Thanks
Participant
June 23, 2025

my Ricoh GRIII DNG raw files do not work with Enhance Denoise in Lightroom Classic 14.3.1

Denoise works great with my other cameras Lumix GX9, Lumix GH5ii, Sony A7C, Sony RX100iv

 

Participant
January 8, 2025

Not an optimist about LR Denoise and the Ricoh GR IIIx anymore. Switched to DxO PhotoLab a while ago.