I've downloaded a few of DPR's OM-3 raw samples and played with them in Workspace v2.4.
I can try to put something together. It’s something that’s hard to show easily because there’s so many variables, and not all of them are available when you’re doing a RAW Data Edit”. You could use that to easily show the fundamental differences between the profiles, but it doesn’t give you control over grain, color filter, etc where I feel the real “magic” is.
As someone else stated (sorry, not sure who), the "profiles" are all just variations of a set number of variables using the same "Monochrome Profile". If you open these up in OM Workspace it's pretty clear by look at the "I" on the JPEGs.
So, the interesting thing here is that while this is true, if someone’s hopeful they can produce the same Profiles on the OM-1 Mark II through manipulating the in-camera profiles, you really can’t. This is because the OM-3 has a bit more flexibility available…I've downloaded a few of DPR's OM-3 raw samples and played with them in Workspace v2.4.
In raw processing, you can set the picture mode to Monotone or to Monochrome Profile, but I didn't find four different Mono profiles as such. So, I'm not 100% confident that this is fully representative of the in-camera effects (*).
When you pick Monochrome Profile, you can add a film grain effect with a Low, Medium or High setting. The Low setting is good for 1:1 viewing and the stronger settings should be good for prints (all three are much better than the much too contrastful 'grainy film' art filters from the old days, which are also still available).
The Monotone and Monochrome picture modes look nearly identical in Workspace. To judge the grain effects in the lower three samples, the image below should be viewed at its original size. The samples in it are crops from the .ORF file and have not been resized during or after processing.
*: As I understand it from the manual, the 4 Mono profiles are just different variations of the Monochrome picture mode, each with different sub-settings. By default, they're configured like this:
MONO1 - A standard (monochrome) preset. Each setting value is set to default (±0).
MONO2 - Creates a monochrome film-like finish.
MONO3 - Produces an infrared film-like effect.
MONO4 - Suppresses contrast for a softer look.
In the samples above, I only used the default Monochrome picture mode, with different settings (Off Low Medium High) for the film grain effect.
You should, but there’s some modes (like focus stacking) where the Creative Mode dial doesn’t work.
Snapseed rocks!So, the interesting thing here is that while this is true, if someone’s hopeful they can produce the same Profiles on the OM-1 Mark II through manipulating the in-camera profiles, you really can’t. This is because the OM-3 has a bit more flexibility available…I've downloaded a few of DPR's OM-3 raw samples and played with them in Workspace v2.4.
In raw processing, you can set the picture mode to Monotone or to Monochrome Profile, but I didn't find four different Mono profiles as such. So, I'm not 100% confident that this is fully representative of the in-camera effects (*).
When you pick Monochrome Profile, you can add a film grain effect with a Low, Medium or High setting. The Low setting is good for 1:1 viewing and the stronger settings should be good for prints (all three are much better than the much too contrastful 'grainy film' art filters from the old days, which are also still available).
The Monotone and Monochrome picture modes look nearly identical in Workspace. To judge the grain effects in the lower three samples, the image below should be viewed at its original size. The samples in it are crops from the .ORF file and have not been resized during or after processing.
*: As I understand it from the manual, the 4 Mono profiles are just different variations of the Monochrome picture mode, each with different sub-settings. By default, they're configured like this:
MONO1 - A standard (monochrome) preset. Each setting value is set to default (±0).
MONO2 - Creates a monochrome film-like finish.
MONO3 - Produces an infrared film-like effect.
MONO4 - Suppresses contrast for a softer look.
In the samples above, I only used the default Monochrome picture mode, with different settings (Off Low Medium High) for the film grain effect.
OM-1
OM-3
- Color Filter - Only Yellow, Orange, Red or Green. Can adjust the color filter applied, but not the strength.
- Shadow & Highlight Control - Four presets for Auto, Normal, High Key and Low Key
- Shading Effect (vignetting) - Unavailable
- Film Grain Effect - Unavailable
So, ironically - the OM-3 has the more flexible system here if in-camera processing is your bag. Personally, I’m used to doing this processing in SnapSeed, so it’s not a big deal to me.
- Color Filter - Yellow, Orange, Red, Magenta, Blue, Cyan, Green and Yellow/Green. Adjustable from 1-3.
- Shadow & Highlight Control - Full Shadow, Mid and Highlight control (as used elsewhere on the camera)
- Shading Effect (vignetting) - Three levels to shade or over expose
- Film Grain Effect - Three levels
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Won’t work in the HDR modes either.
After poking around the other night, it looks like the Color Profiles work the same way. They're all based on the Color Vivid processing, with control over certain settings. Unfortunately it doesn't have the Noise Grain Effect.
