rscheffler wrote:
darrellc wrote
GH4 with Nocticron at f/1.4 Nice to see some with the Nocticron! I'm curious about your file processing. EXIF in Flickr shows Lightroom output. Are you doing raw conversions or tweaking OOC Jpegs for your Flickr images?
Hi Ron, I don't recall what I did on this specific photo. I'll try to take a look at Lightroom and see what if any tweaks I made. In general, I do minimal tweaks to photos in Lightroom only. Most often exposure, shadows, highlights, maybe some contrast slider adjustments. Sometimes I add vignetting. I'm in front of a computer much of the day and enjoy shooting much more than post processing.
I like the JPEG engine on the GH4 much more than on previous Panasonic cameras (like the GH2's - yuck!). So I'll go with the JPEG much of the time. Typically I touch the raw only for more radical changes in exposure, curves, or white balance. And often I feel the out of camera raw provides a flatter, more natural look that I prefer over the JPEG.
On the Nocticron - I haven't shot much with it, but I like the color of the lens as is, and I must say I really, really like the results from simple b&w conversion in Lightroom. I find I make fewer changes to b&w conversions with the Nocticron than with other m4/3 lenses. I usually add contrast but haven't had to do as much of this with the Nocticron.
The PL25 has long been my favorite and most used lens by far on m4/3, and the Nocticron seems a contender to join the club!