Jock Elliott
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Curiosity has bit me, again. This time it’s about how different cameras process jpegs.
Here’s why: I have a fondness for photographing the sky – sunrises, sunsets, clouds structures, and the like. Sunrises and sunsets tend to be problematic. Getting the intensity, the color, the subtleties of hues right has generally been bothersome. With my LX100, I typically have to diddle the jpegs to get them to look something like what I saw in my mind when I took the image. I tried shooting raw and that after a lot of work, the results weren’t as satisfying as the jpegs that camera could produce. I’ve read articles about the difference between the response of the imaging chip and human eye, thinking that was the reason for my frustration.
Then I bought the OM-D E-M5 with the 12-50, primarily for its dust and moisture resistance and a lens that didn’t extend and retract like a trombone. But – surprise, surprise – it does sunrises and sunsets superbly. Put it in vivid mode, crank in 1/3 stop exposure compensation, and the jpegs look like what I saw. Wow!
Why? Does Olympus have some secret recipe – 11 herbs and spices – that render the jpegs that way or could any camera be tweaked to get the same results if I were sophisticated enough to make the adjustments? Would changing the lenses change the results I am getting now? If you have any insight or can point me to a resource that would be useful, I’d appreciate it.
Cheers, Jock
Here’s why: I have a fondness for photographing the sky – sunrises, sunsets, clouds structures, and the like. Sunrises and sunsets tend to be problematic. Getting the intensity, the color, the subtleties of hues right has generally been bothersome. With my LX100, I typically have to diddle the jpegs to get them to look something like what I saw in my mind when I took the image. I tried shooting raw and that after a lot of work, the results weren’t as satisfying as the jpegs that camera could produce. I’ve read articles about the difference between the response of the imaging chip and human eye, thinking that was the reason for my frustration.
Then I bought the OM-D E-M5 with the 12-50, primarily for its dust and moisture resistance and a lens that didn’t extend and retract like a trombone. But – surprise, surprise – it does sunrises and sunsets superbly. Put it in vivid mode, crank in 1/3 stop exposure compensation, and the jpegs look like what I saw. Wow!
Why? Does Olympus have some secret recipe – 11 herbs and spices – that render the jpegs that way or could any camera be tweaked to get the same results if I were sophisticated enough to make the adjustments? Would changing the lenses change the results I am getting now? If you have any insight or can point me to a resource that would be useful, I’d appreciate it.
Cheers, Jock