ISO 6400 make it work ?

[re-note]

A while ago I came across this article by Ctein:
Can You Get Good ISO 6400 from an Olympus E-P1?
The Online Photographer: Can You Get Good ISO 6400 from an Olympus E-P1?

As the theme is of interest for me I gave a try.
First I had to get a dreadful photograph to work on.
This is the original jpeg.

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Then I followed his advice and converted the RAW pic with the supplied Oly software into a greyscale.

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The jpeg was fully denoised.

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The two layers were then combined into one picture and here is the result.

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I am afraid it gets nowhere Ctein´s example, which is very convincing, but I am no expert at this procedure and would like to get some advice on how to improve on ISO 6400

best,

re-note
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[Brian Mosley]

Hi re-note, I'll PM you my e-mail address... would love to have a look at your raw file.

Cheers

Brian