FujiFilm F200 EXR - Velvia On Velvia

Went for a walk the other night and I was playing around with shooting my F200 EXR at ISO 1600 (Auto) and using Velvia film simulation. This was in P Mode, M Fine, DR 200% and minus 0.33 EV. Pretty much my normal settings except for the ISO 1600 and Velvia parts.

As I was processing them, I decided to apply a small amount of exposure and noise adjustment in ACR and, once opened in Photoshop, I used a Curve adjustment to apply a 'Velvia' curve. Once that was done, I applied my normal sharpening routine. With some I also used 'Despeckle' on parts of the image for some localised noise control.

I did not write the Velvia curve preset, but downloaded it from where it is available on another site. It is here. Have a look at the bottom of the page. There are also presets available for Provia and Portra. Details about the sharpening action are here

Anyway, this is what I came out with. Simply in chronological order. The ISO's range from ISO 200 to 1600 with a little over half shot at ISO 1600.

Enjoy.

Since posting this, I have adopted a different approach to the noise reduction routine. Rather than reposting them all, I'll shoot some new ones and do a walk-through of the edit process when I post them.

However, here is just the last one re-done.

Cheers


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Fujifilm S100 fs - Settings Comparison

A couple of weeks back I changed my S100 fs Jpeg settings to Provia, Sharpness-Hard, Tone-Standard, Colour-High.

Typically, my preferred Jpeg film simulation setting is Soft (Astia). However, when set to this, the sharpness setting cannot be changed. If it is changed, then the film simulation setting reverts back to standard, Provia. Hence the reason why I increased sharpness and colour with the Provia setting.

Unless doing something like studio portrait work, I am not a big Provia fan. However, mostly when doing any studio stuff, I shoot Raw anyway.

After shooting a few hundred images, with the new Provia settings, I also wanted to do a comparison against some other settings and film simulation modes.

So, today there was a short period of sunshine and I took advantage of it.

Below are some examples of different settings.


Example 1
This is standard - Provia.

Example 2
Provia and with the Sharpness set to Hard and the Colour set to High.

Example 3
Provia and with the Sharpness set to Hard, Tone set to High and Colour set to High.

Example 4
Velvia film simulation.

Example 5
Soft (Astia) film simulation.

Example 6
Portrait film simulation.

Some quick thoughts.

Of all the settings, Astia still gives the most natural colours. I have always found Velvia 'punches up' the reds too much and skin tones, in particular, can look a little weird. Using Provia with all the settings turned up, seems to give far more natural looking reds.

For the moment, I will leave it set to Provia, and with all the settings turned up high. I'll see what effect there is skin tones though.

Cheers


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