Natural
"PHOTO STYLE"
-2
CONTRAST
-5
SHARPNESS
+1
-2
-0-0
HIGHLIGHT SHADOW
OFF
iDYNAMIC
OFF
16-255
LUMINANCE LEVEL
Panasonic 25 1.7 Panasonic G7 NATURAL -0-0-0-0
Panasonic 25 1.7 Panasonic G7 NATURAL -2-5+1-2
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).
CONTRAST
A
IS THE CONTRAST "REAL"?
SHARPNESS
A
IS THE SHARPNESS "REAL"?
NOISE
B
IS THE NOISE "REAL"?
COLOR
B
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 6:14:39 PM
This is a very sharp lens, and even on the G7 (which still had the optical low-pass filter over the sensor) it is too sharp! So, using the DEFAULT settings results not only in too much SHARPNESS, but this also increases the CONTRAST...so I needed to turn down a number of things to get the image to look "REAL". Also note the CUSTOM settings will allow you to expose darker (it works in less light) but I'm still testing these settings (in various lighting conditions) so I may update them in the future.
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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