FZ200, SOOC: Fields of Gold revisited at correct ISO, and a sky.

Used 400 ISO by mistake the other day, these are OOC at 100 ISO

1] At 78 mm EFL:

2] At 138 mm EFL:

3] A crop of pic 2, viewed at 50% size:

4] And a sky, soon afterwards, at 41 mm EFL:

I used the settings already mentioned in several threads:

Vivid photo style, Contrast -1, Saturation 0, Sharpness -1, NR -2, AWB, Amber/Blue -2 (2 dots towards Amber).

I tried various Pic Adjusts in Scenery photo style alongside these pics. Because of difficult lighting (cloud-dodging), I cannot show good side-by-side comparisons, but my impressions so far are:

--> Both my Vivid settings and various Scenery settings give blue skies (where briefly available), but in Scenery they looked less natural to me - a little too far towards darker blue.

--> My beloved browns, yellows and oranges look cleaner and nicer in Vivid mode.

--> Whites and creams also look cleaner in Vivid.

This is not conclusive and I shall try various Scenery mode settings again, but the Vivid settings detailed above seem to be handling everything I throw at them, also inside the house at higher ISOs.

Comments are welcomed.

Mike