Table 2. Capacity losses for sharpening & noise reduction
Image C MTF50 (c/p) MTF50P(c/p)
Baseline 3.69 0.22 0.229
USM R2 A1 3.65 0.345 0.323
USM R1 A2 3.63 0.407 0.397
Gaussian 0.7 2.99 0.162 0.168
Gaussian 1.0 2.25 0.138 0.143
USM R2A1, Gaussian 0.7 3.06 0.241 0.239
Table 3. Comparison of demosaicing algorithms
Demosaicing algorithm C (bits/pixel) MTF50P (C/P)
dcraw bilinear 1.8 0.191
dcraw VNG 2.51 0.219
dcraw PPG 3.14 0.229
dcraw AHD 3.69 0.229
RawTherapee AMaZE 3.95 0.236
Information capacity C is a far more sensitive measure of demosaicing quality than MTF50P.
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This probably is a question for DxO engineering. How does PL5E DeepPRIME compare on the above measure for a supported raw image, in particular for demosaicing quality?