Wow. Great place!
How do you get that wonderful hyper-complex looking imagery, almost painterly? Ive try everything in LR to achieve it with other files of mine. Is it just an RX1 attribute with the right shots?
I do basic adjustments in Lightroom (exposure, shadows, highlihts, NR) and then go to Silver Efex Pro for B&W and Color Efex Pro / Viveza for color. I use different filters and try different stuff with pretty much every shot and some of the look comes from that software. I try to stop short of looking too fake/HDR like, but sometimes I fail. Some people like how I process and some don't, but I can't seem not to go for that look.
Where the RX1 comes into it is the quality of the files. It just seems I can do pretty nearly anything I want with those files and they'll still look pretty good where lesser files start breaking down, showing more halos, shadow noise, etc, etc, etc, etc. The RX1 files give me more latitude than anything I've ever worked with. I think it's probably the incredible DR of the sensor that makes it possible, but whatever it is, it makes a difference... I had a similar experience with the Nikon Df and I'm sure I'd find very much the same with the D610 (which has the same sensor as the RX1) or D800, which also has a lot of DR. I guess it's a full frame thing. I've never found this level of malleability with any APS camera. The Sigma foveon sensors come sort of close, but they're a whole different kettle of fish...
-Ray
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