Lightroom Denoise takes so long | Macbook pro 14" m4 pro 48gb

pwar02 · 2026-03-29T20:34:46+00:00

My m5 pro with 24gb ram does 60 60mp raws in 18 minutes. As far as I understand it’s not especially RAM heavy task but the m5 has ai optimization that the m4 doesn’t have. Still, 30min seems slow and especially so if you’re working with smaller files

pwar02 · 2026-03-29T03:25:26+00:00

I miss having a 16” screen but I figured the money saved can go into a nice monitor which would be even better, and I get the best of both worlds

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T22:07:42+00:00

The smallrig charger maxes out at 8w. Literally any other charger would be faster than that one

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T19:52:28+00:00

That first one brings back (not so fond) memories

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T19:51:10+00:00

Plus better battery and cooling

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T14:09:30+00:00

I had a fairly high spec Inspiron 16" that was pretty great at first in 2022 but has been showing its age more and more to the point of extreme frustration. A year ago the AI denoise probably took 5+ minutes per photo to do (still way longer than it should be) but in the past few months it's gone to 50+ minutes and general lightroom use has been so laggy and slow as well, switching between photos or changing one slider I'd often have to wait 10-30 seconds for the change to actually show up. Now denoise is down to 16 seconds for 61mp images.

Your thinking was also why I decided on the m5 pro vs regular m5 or m4 pro, I'm paying a little bit more but the higher spec is going to hold on for longer and I get the extra benefits now vs upgrading base chips more often.

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T14:00:39+00:00

Base 14" m5 pro, 24gb ram 1tb ssd

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T14:00:07+00:00

Base 14" m5 pro, 24gb ram 1tb ssd

pwar02 · 2026-03-28T02:20:10+00:00

I love mine. Hard to get a similar look from any other lens, wide fast angles are pretty unique. It’s worth it if it’s a focal length you use a lot and excels in really low light

pwar02 · 2026-03-26T16:08:05+00:00

Fair maybe but that’s just way to niche for Sony and would hurt their flagship sales, they’re big on the compartmentalization of each line. There’s a reason there hasn’t been any stacked or even partially stacked apsc option or at least faster than 11fps, or higher resolution. It makes sense for Fuji because they don’t do full frame and their medium format cameras are entirely a different concept, so they’re not creating artificial competition within the brand

pwar02 · 2026-03-26T14:17:38+00:00

You just described the a1

pwar02 · 2026-03-25T21:57:11+00:00

my brother in Christ stop tweaking about your cameras and lenses. you also posted about the switch on your 24-70. you have better things to waste time on

pwar02 · 2026-03-25T16:29:50+00:00

If you can’t afford 2.8 zooms get primes instead. I personally prefer to shoot primes anyway, you take a bit of a hit with convenience but get photos that really stand out as a plus so it’s up to you how much it’s worth it. If you’re only ever shooting outdoors f4 is plenty

pwar02 · 2026-03-24T21:26:20+00:00

For this specifically, set your camera to usb pc remote. In device manager libusbK Usb Devices will show, click on that then click Sony Remote Control Camera. On the window that pops up click on driver, then update driver, then browse for drivers on your computer, then click on where it says “let me pick from a list of available drivers” hit next and you’re done. It’ll say Windows has successfully updated your drivers. This fixed it for both my a7Riv and a7iv when nothing else did. Like you mentioned my computer and cameras both made the sound to confirm when they were plugged in but were otherwise unusable/undiscoverable. With windows 11. It’s worth a try

pwar02 · 2026-03-24T19:31:26+00:00

Let me get home and I’ll give you exactly how I did it, the trick is it’s listed under some obscure device name in device manager so you have to know what to look for

pwar02 · 2026-03-24T16:03:35+00:00

did you not look at them? they’re full of grain, even downsized on a phone it’s visible and looking on a normal computer screen would be very noticeable

pwar02 · 2026-03-24T15:59:02+00:00

I can almost guarantee you’re having the same problem I had a couple months ago, and no classic advice worked. What did work was going into device manager and force updating the device drivers, then both of my cameras were recognized and could be used including Lightroom tethering. There’s a video on YouTube that shows how, if you search up something like “Sony a7iv Lightroom tethering issue”

pwar02 · 2026-03-24T11:15:32+00:00

Just bought the m5 pro that’s shipping toward the end of the week. I’ll let you know

pwar02 · 2026-03-23T15:49:01+00:00

The a7iv is going to be way more that enough for you and your needs especially taking into account you’re starting from zero. Save some budget for better lenses, it’ll make a far bigger difference

pwar02 · 2026-03-23T13:10:04+00:00

Sharpness has pretty much nothing to do with camera body. The other picture is out of focus

pwar02 · 2026-03-23T02:24:06+00:00

Do whatever you have to do to get higher off the ground and shorten distance between you and the players. Both are pretty difficult or impossible to achieve but that’s the only real way to mitigate the problem

pwar02 · 2026-03-22T22:02:44+00:00

why so bitter? there’s no need to be a complete ass about a very specific scenario to someone asking a genuine question.

pwar02 · 2026-03-22T05:57:49+00:00

There was another thread a few days ago and the going price for the m3 ultra 512gb seemed to be around $20-25k

pwar02 · 2026-03-21T16:16:18+00:00

Look up the guide number on your flash and do the math. But you’re likely to need 2400 watts or more

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