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These are remarkable images. And beautifully processed, too.
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These are remarkable images. And beautifully processed, too.
Those were/are my three favorites as well! I like the B&W one for people and street, positive film for the ones where color is a main feature, and cross process for scenes with lights, especially neon, in darkness.Playing around with a handful of different settings in-camera jpeg 'effects' on my (new to me) GRII -
First the 'Positive Film' setting--
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Then the 'Cross-Process'--
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And lastly the 'Hi-Contrast B&W'--
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It's kind of a quandary, a dilemma ... I can't really decide which I prefer.
I think this is going to require further experimentation
Great to find something like that, and the processing really works for me. Still I like your B&W entry best, for its framing and processing.Took a handful of shots of an ancient and unbelievably rusted-out Dodge pickup truck, using the in-camera 'Positive Film' setting of the GR II and I have to say, the results equal and exceed most of the color post-production work I've been in the habit of doing to RAW digital negatives from other cameras. I'm posting them in the order they were shot in, starting from a head-on view--
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I'd forgotten how sharp the lens of my former 1st gen APS-C GR had been - but I think the GRII is right up there with it--
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You can see this truck isn't 'going anywhere', and hasn't, for quite some time--
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And of course one has to wonder how ancient the windshield bullet holes are, and what their genesis may have been.
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The Positive Film setting seems to saturate certain colors a bit more, and increase contrast in some areas. On the GRII it is user-adjustable, as well.
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But I really like what the Ricoh software engineers have come up with.
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The interior of the truck was a little flat and muddy however, so it's received a little (necessary IMHO) Lightroom tweaking, which has improved the image by maybe a million per cent for me.
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There's an almost contrasty tonal harshness to the 'Positive Color' look - but I like it.
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'Positive Film' isn't exactly Kodachrome and it's not really Velvia either - honestly I would be hard pressed to say which color reversal or slide film inspired the Ricoh engineers originally, but .... damn. It's kind of cool
Wish I had that level of vehicle around where I am. One thing I’ve noticed through these forums if nowhere else is that in Trumpland, these kind of vehicles are not an uncommon sight. Something you don’t see on the telly when watching from afar.Took a handful of shots of an ancient and unbelievably rusted-out Dodge pickup truck, using the in-camera 'Positive Film' setting of the GR II and I have to say, the results equal and exceed most of the color post-production work I've been in the habit of doing to RAW digital negatives from other cameras. I'm posting them in the order they were shot in, starting from a head-on view--
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I'd forgotten how sharp the lens of my former 1st gen APS-C GR had been - but I think the GRII is right up there with it--
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You can see this truck isn't 'going anywhere', and hasn't, for quite some time--
View attachment 222132
And of course one has to wonder how ancient the windshield bullet holes are, and what their genesis may have been.
View attachment 222133
The Positive Film setting seems to saturate certain colors a bit more, and increase contrast in some areas. On the GRII it is user-adjustable, as well.
View attachment 222134
But I really like what the Ricoh software engineers have come up with.
View attachment 222135
The interior of the truck was a little flat and muddy however, so it's received a little (necessary IMHO) Lightroom tweaking, which has improved the image by maybe a million per cent for me.
View attachment 222136
There's an almost contrasty tonal harshness to the 'Positive Color' look - but I like it.
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'Positive Film' isn't exactly Kodachrome and it's not really Velvia either - honestly I would be hard pressed to say which color reversal or slide film inspired the Ricoh engineers originally, but .... damn. It's kind of cool
Three more from the ongoing experiments with the GR II. The first two are different interpretations of the same shot - the third, a different one.
First, this was taken with the in-camera Positive Film jpeg setting, which I am growing fond of. It seems to occasionally favor warmer or reddish tones---
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Second, the same shot - but starting with the DNG or digital negative, and then processed in Lightroom with one of the VSCO 'cross-processing' presets, which I am fond of. A cooler tone which tends more towards greenish-bluish, and for me at least gives the image a different feel--
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Last, another shot, a slightly different angle of the same subject (my mother's old manual typewriter), this time starting with the DNG or digital negative, and doing a bit of monochrome PP (mainly with Nik tools)--
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I actually like all three but I think the monochrome is my favorite. Although it's rather fun to have an SOOC jpeg setting (the Positive Film) which comes close to something I like....which continues to surprise me
Ah, I was going to but never did, which sort of stays in the back of my mind a bit. Do keep posting.the GW-3 Wide Conversion lens