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Natural

"PHOTO STYLE"

-5

CONTRAST

-5

SHARPNESS

+5

NOISE

-1

COLOR

Standard

HIGHLIGHT SHADOW

OFF

iDYNAMIC

OFF

iRESOLUTION

LUMINANCE LEVEL

 REAL  RATINGS

After testing each lens-sensor combo, I like to know if the rendering is going to look realistic (or not) as this will affect how easy it is to "shot match" (to other lenses).

Greyscale Landscape

CONTRAST

?

 IS THE CONTRAST "REAL"? 

Black and White Building

SHARPNESS

 IS THE SHARPNESS "REAL"? 

Lucid

NOISE

 IS THE NOISE "REAL"? 

Too-Much-Bokeh.jpg

COLOR

 IS THE COLOR "REAL"? 

*Click here to learn more about "REAL" Ratings. These ratings are AFTER my custom settings are applied (most combos don't look real good with default settings).

Published: 

June 9, 2021 at 6:28:45 PM

I'm not liking these settings yet (so will keep testing). I think it needs more SHARPNESS (to preserve the "REAL" feel, even though that can blow out the highlights) and it may need more contrast (at the expense of the same)...the low contrast is actually exposing the noise in the shadow areas (due to the detail being visible) so it's still not looking "REAL".

My goal for these camera settings is to improve the "lens-sensor relationship" by adjusting the contrast, sharpness, noise reduction and color with the result that it produces an image that looks less "digital" and more "organic" (more like film, etc). The first step is to apply these settings while shooting (produces an image that looks pretty good straight out of camera) but keep in mind there may need to be slight color grading (or a LUT) applied to finalize each shot.

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