With the same file of the flower arrangement last night, I tried a different mode of PP'ing. This time in Lr exported to PS and then converted to Lab color. I adjusted the color saturation a and b, then the luminosity. The color data seems to be very robust and improves the depth. This helps with adding richness to the colors without affecting the luminosity and further washing out the colors.
A7rII and GM 85 SR app 128 shots, PS Lab color PP'ing
charles.K wrote:
With the same file of the flower arrangement last night, I tried a different mode of PP'ing. This time in Lr exported to PS and then converted to Lab color. I adjusted the color saturation a and b, then the luminosity. The color data seems to be very robust and improves the depth. This helps with adding richness to the colors without affecting the luminosity and further washing out the colors.
A7rII and GM 85 SR app 128 shots, PS Lab color PP'ing
Charles, thank you very much for all these information... could you please post some crop of the images to better appreciate differences (from single shot) and results? Thanks again!
Manuel
ManuelLaMantia wrote:
Charles, thank you very much for all these information... could you please post some crop of the images to better appreciate differences (from single shot) and results? Thanks again!
Manuel
Hi Manuel,
I am posting a 100% crop from the above image. I did not take a single shot before the SR sequence of shots as I was experimenting and really did not know how the results would come out As you can see there is no noise at 6400 ISO
Greggf wrote:
Ole...fantastic portrait! The Summicron 50's are awesome. Even the R,as evidenced above! The only thing about the R I didn't like was 6 blade aperture. And the v4-5 in M mount are really incredible. I wish Mandler was still here designing lenses!!
Thank you so much Gregg. Yeah, the 6 blade aperture could be a minus about this lens, but I figured it should still be ok for me (at least the rounded 6 blades do very well on my 90 Elmarit-R).
JaKo wrote:
Ole, both Summicron-M 50 IV and Summicron-R 50 E55 are [almost] identical Walter Mandler's designs and according to Erwin Puts nearly indistinguishable. I still use Cron-R 50 on film camera, and I love its look.
Enjoy the lens and please share your new images.
Thanks, Jako. I read also from Thorsten Overgaard that the Summicron-R v2 should be about the same as the Cron-M 50 IV. I discussed this with the guy at Red Dot Cameras as well, and he believed that even the coatings are quite similar between the two versions. Looking forward to playing around with it (as soon as the fog clears...).
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Ole fantastic portrait !
Thank you so much Ronny. And fantastic macro from you, as always!
charles.K wrote:
Congrats Ole on the new 50 Cron IV R Great portrait shot!!
I just love the tonality from this lens. It is subtle and sharp and no downside using it on the A7 series.
One of the first places I look for color and tonality is in the hair. The hair looks and "feels" it is real and has texture and adds so much more to the portrait. I have always loved the Mandler rendering for the subtle look and the very real feel at the same time.
Thank you Charles, and also great thanks for all the inspiring photos that you have shared. I doubt I will be able to reproduce the magic that you show us, but at least I have something to reach for
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Before I have any more photos with the Summicron, I can post something from the breakfast table with my niece the other day, taken with Elmarit-R 90.
OleAndre wrote:
Thank you Charles, and also great thanks for all the inspiring photos that you have shared. I doubt I will be able to reproduce the magic that you show us, but at least I have something to reach for
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Before I have any more photos with the Summicron, I can post something from the breakfast table with my niece the other day, taken with Elmarit-R 90.
Have a good Sunday all.
Best wishes,
Ole
Ole thank you so very much for the kind words !!! Wonderful portrait of your niece
Photo taken the evening of April 24, 2016 at 6:56 PM (54 minutes before sunset) looking up and along Loch Valley Road, New Tripoli, PA. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7rM V3 and my Zeiss 35mm f1.4 Distagon ZM lens, ISO 100, lens set to f11 for 1/60 second. Exposure corrected by - 0.12 Stops and processed with CornerFix and LR6.
Great portrait shot!!
