OK, the profile does not really affect noise levels, but improves colour. Here is an export with the WB returns to 'As Shot' (for my result it needed strong adjustment to avoid being yellow, but the Deep profile restores good WB) and also the exposure is changed from -0.75 to -0.5, because the Deep profile avoided the image being lightened too much. Overall the 'Deep' profiles seem to work very well.
![martin-small-deep.jpg](./download/file.php?id=4106&sid=9f51b848c74b7ef5f07872321c965628)
- martin-small-deep.jpg (213.62 KiB) Viewed 9852 times
Just a small file, no pBase. Depth of field - he's no more than 1.5 metre away from my position.
Here's the raw data for the image:
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David