Lettermanian
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However, I will be talking about creating out-of-camera jpeg "recipes", based on the Photo Styles in my Panasonic S5. Warning: long post, lots of images.
I moved to Panasonic from Fuji a couple of months ago, but being a stalwart jpeg shooter of Fuji's film simulations, and more particularly of customized versions (recipes) of their in-camera film simulations, I wanted to try my hand at creating ooc looks from my S5 that were similar to what I enjoyed on my Fuji gear. To be clear, these are not LUTs that can be applied in-camera or in post, they are simply manipulations of the image adjustments available in-camera for the Photo Styles (analogous to Fuji's excellent in-camera Film simulations).
One important caveat to this thread: this is not meant to be a discussion of jpeg-only vs raw-only. I shoot RAW + FINE now on my Panasonic gear, and would recommend that to any jpeg shooter, especially on gear other than Fuji
The thread is mostly for those who may be like me: interested in ooc imagery that requires very little work in post. And yes, a jpeg image can be edited within limits. I'll often crop/level, make minor exposure and colour adjustments if I feel it necessary, or to my preference.
Another caveat is that image colour and tonal preferences are wholly subjective, so I am presenting what I personally like to see when I look at my ooc images. Others may not, which is absolutely fine. We all make our own choices in this regard; I have no expectation that others will automatically like what I do.
Now that all that's out of the way, on to the recipes. I have always been a fan of Fuji's Classic chrome sim, and I often shot with a customized version I called "warm chrome". I have tried to imitate that look in my S5. I also used a "dramatic B&W" recipe based on the Acros sim. Finally, I had one camera that had Fuji's Classic Negative sim, and I think I have come close to that look with the cool chrome recipe. To help with this task I referenced the Fuji X Weekly website which is a cache of many film sim recipes to help me with white balance settings and other parameters.
The following are the recipes with sample pics that are SOOC: straight-out-of- camera with no post processing at all, so no levelling, cropping or any other image adjustments. I'll start with warm chrome in this initial post and add the recipes and pics in separate posts in the comments.
"Warm Chrome" (on my Fuji gear it was my favourite recipe for fall colours):
Base Photo Style: Standard
Contrast: +1
Highlight: +1
Shadow: +1
Saturation: -1
Hue: 0
Sharpness: 0
NR: -4
Sensitivity: ISO Auto
White Balance: 5500K
WB Shift: A:6 M:2 Saved as K3
-- The grass isn't always greener, unless you shoot Velvia.
I moved to Panasonic from Fuji a couple of months ago, but being a stalwart jpeg shooter of Fuji's film simulations, and more particularly of customized versions (recipes) of their in-camera film simulations, I wanted to try my hand at creating ooc looks from my S5 that were similar to what I enjoyed on my Fuji gear. To be clear, these are not LUTs that can be applied in-camera or in post, they are simply manipulations of the image adjustments available in-camera for the Photo Styles (analogous to Fuji's excellent in-camera Film simulations).
One important caveat to this thread: this is not meant to be a discussion of jpeg-only vs raw-only. I shoot RAW + FINE now on my Panasonic gear, and would recommend that to any jpeg shooter, especially on gear other than Fuji
The thread is mostly for those who may be like me: interested in ooc imagery that requires very little work in post. And yes, a jpeg image can be edited within limits. I'll often crop/level, make minor exposure and colour adjustments if I feel it necessary, or to my preference.Another caveat is that image colour and tonal preferences are wholly subjective, so I am presenting what I personally like to see when I look at my ooc images. Others may not, which is absolutely fine. We all make our own choices in this regard; I have no expectation that others will automatically like what I do.
Now that all that's out of the way, on to the recipes. I have always been a fan of Fuji's Classic chrome sim, and I often shot with a customized version I called "warm chrome". I have tried to imitate that look in my S5. I also used a "dramatic B&W" recipe based on the Acros sim. Finally, I had one camera that had Fuji's Classic Negative sim, and I think I have come close to that look with the cool chrome recipe. To help with this task I referenced the Fuji X Weekly website which is a cache of many film sim recipes to help me with white balance settings and other parameters.
The following are the recipes with sample pics that are SOOC: straight-out-of- camera with no post processing at all, so no levelling, cropping or any other image adjustments. I'll start with warm chrome in this initial post and add the recipes and pics in separate posts in the comments.
"Warm Chrome" (on my Fuji gear it was my favourite recipe for fall colours):
Base Photo Style: Standard
Contrast: +1
Highlight: +1
Shadow: +1
Saturation: -1
Hue: 0
Sharpness: 0
NR: -4
Sensitivity: ISO Auto
White Balance: 5500K
WB Shift: A:6 M:2 Saved as K3
-- The grass isn't always greener, unless you shoot Velvia.
