Quote from: voyager on August 09, 2010, 08:20:35 AM

and because the computer based noise reduction software is a lot better than the in camera ones.

Ive yet to see a side by side high iso of jpeg and raw from a epl1 or pentax kx where the raw file looks cleaner. I tried with the epl1 and bible 5 (no slouch) and after all that work the jpeg was cleaner,sharper, and equally detailed ( noise ninja destryed the detail)

I'll have to agree with this. I've had good results with Noise Ninja and files from the E-1 and E-3. But with E-P1 files, it seems the camera has already applied Noise Ninja type noise reduction so any further processing will only reduce detail.

IVE NEVER HAD MUCH LUCK ETRACTING lost highlight detail

somehow ive been able to recover shadow detail with a little more ease

highlight detail is a bit tricky, but the shadow recovery is ridiculous on m4/3 (all of them) so underexposing by a lot works for me

I never compensated with more than one stop. I usually try to follow the scene.