Fuji S5 Pro post-processing comparisons (love Cameras, hate Computers (software))

dadu007 wrote:

Yours has a bit of an increased magenta cast (it's warmer)...a little too much for me

Yes, I pushed the magenta up a bit to taste in the WB color wheel by dragging the center point to R:1.00, G:0.97, B:1.00. Maybe it's just me, but I find the S5 Pro to lean slightly too greenish without this. Here is what it looks like with no such tint adjustment.

HU VS-3 with 5000K and no tint adjustments

Interestingly, the pixel count on your file is 4256x2848, while mine from RT is 4281x2871. I converted one from HU and it is 4256x2848 like yours. I'm assuming, like me, you did not crop, so I'm not sure what RT is doing...

It's quite common for third party converters to grab a few more pixels around the edges than the original manufacturer felt comfortable including for whatever reason.

I would love it if you could share the processing steps you use in HU VS-3, or at a minimum a screenshot of your settings prior to hitting the convert button.

Top of control panel

Bottom of control panel

Notice that on a high dynamic range image like this it is important to set the Tone Curve to ORG and to push the Dynamic Range slider all the way to 400%. In general I don't like to see any clipping of shadows or highlights in HU VS-3, but I also try to use as little Dynamic Range recovery as possible. I prefer to set my contrast later in PS.

With this image I didn't need to adjust the Exposure (Sensitization), but I do this if needed to get the histogram balanced and the brightness high enough. Also you can see that I turn of Sharpening and have Noise Reduction to ORG by default. Both of these functions are better done in PS.

Once converted by HU VS-3, I open the files in Bridge using Adobe Camera RAW. The only thing I do in ACR is turn on CA correction (which HU does not have) but ACR can also apply lens corrections if desired. ACR opens the corrected file right in PS and then I run three automated plug-in's to finish:

• Luminar 4 to AI enhance local contrast and brighten faces, eyes and teeth.
• Nik Tools Sharpener Pro 3 RAW Presharpener at 100% Adaptive Sharpening which I believe to be the best sharpening algorithm for the somewhat soft S5 Pro files coming out of HU.
• PS Auto Contrast to set the final contrast for the image.

Hope this helps.

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