huddy wrote:
James,
Generating photoshop actions to process your images was a good forward thinking decision. I tend to think a lot of the camera jpegs look pretty good these days. @RoamingScott@ has made a few nice color profiles (thinking the Kodak Gold especially) that I use on some images. I definitely don’t have time to go spend hours in the digital darkroom which is something that I do enjoy. I only put heavy effort into the very best images in trying to get them ready for full printing, but I do try and at least get close enough on overall look for given sets to capture the look and feel of what I am going for.
I do suspect I will make similar moves in a few more years to mostly just use jpeg outputs using good recipes....Show more →
Thanks Alan! Serban is making some nice flexible color profiles if you're looking for in-camera stuff, I'm using the Modern Chrome Hi lately as an SOOC look that I like.
Now I just need to buy a camera that supports them. I had some PC settings I liked but time to start over.
RoamingScott wrote:
Thanks Alan! Serban is making some nice flexible color profiles if you're looking for in-camera stuff, I'm using the Modern Chrome Hi lately as an SOOC look that I like.
BLLX wrote:
Finally got the time to give the "new to me" 20/2.8 ai-s a spin on the DF
Lovely shots Morten. I always thought the 20/2.8 was one of the finest physical manifestations of the Nikkor mystique: Compact for a fast "super-wide" and still a good performer. It was too pricey for my pocket-book back when it was still in the catalogue, and I couldn't really justify it on top of my 24/2, but I always wondered if I should search for one. I eventually went for a bargain copy of the much-maligned AF-D 18/2.8, so can't really justify a 20mm lens as well, but as your photos illustrate, it's a fine lens.
Today I made a quick test with my new Nippon Kogagu Nikkor Q-C 13,5cm F3.5 in LTM mount, made in april 1951 i think. Picturecontroll auto or B/W in camera. Nikon Zf. I guess all at F3.5.
BLLX wrote:
Finally got the time to give the "new to me" 20/2.8 ai-s a spin on the DF
Great use of the 20mm here, Morten. The last two are my favourites.
It looks like my Df is ready for collection after Nikon repaired it. I'm so looking forward to have it in my hands again.
huddy wrote:
James,
Generating photoshop actions to process your images was a good forward thinking decision. I tend to think a lot of the camera jpegs look pretty good these days. @RoamingScott@ has made a few nice color profiles (thinking the Kodak Gold especially) that I use on some images. I definitely don’t have time to go spend hours in the digital darkroom which is something that I do enjoy. I only put heavy effort into the very best images in trying to get them ready for full printing, but I do try and at least get close enough on overall look for given sets to capture the look and feel of what I am going for.
I do suspect I will make similar moves in a few more years to mostly just use jpeg outputs using good recipes....Show more →
Alan, I do everything in RAW or 16 bit. Though the camera profiles only seem to stick to the jpgs, when you open them they are converted to 16bit. I have many toning, and conversion Photoshop actions that I normally use on RAW files, but I thought using the cameras 14 bit capture and conversion might be fun to try. I like the handful I picked and tweaked. I had to use actions in order to image the volume of photos I took in the marketing department at the newspaper. Not sure about Photoshop v2.51 (1989), but by v3.05 and above I was an addict of Photoshop's scripting language. About the time of the first Photoshop CS (after v4, 5, 6, 7, ?).. there was a character named Russell Brown that kicked it to the next level, by revealing Photoshop's "Automate, and Batch" powers. He made tons of video tutorials. At the time I hated progression bars and would literally growl at the screen if I had to wait. Actions are not only faster, but the operations are accelerated using them. This spring I got a weird email survey from Adobe wanting to know if I thought Actions were important. They also wanted to know whether I used them, and how I used them. So, I answered the survey, because I got a bad feeling that they might be considering dropping the scripting features. if they were not being utilized by end users. To me that would be a huge loss.
mjgphotoz wrote:
^^^^^^^^^ Russell Brown! Now that's a blast from the distant past! His actions were very handy in the old PS!!!
Mary
I just looked him up, and now I feel ancient. Even 5 years ago he still has that expressive voice. I knew he worked for Adobe, but I didn't know he was/is their Creative Director
James Markus wrote:
I just looked him up, and now I feel ancient. Even 5 years ago he still has that expressive voice. I knew he worked for Adobe, but I didn't know he was/is their Creative Director
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Jim, you are right. I forgot that he was at Adobe! Where has the time gone?
Happy third day of autumn everyone! Here is a final group of images from the July 2025 Duncan truck show, all taken with the 25-50 f/4 Ai-s on my Fuji X-T4 and Lens Turbo II.
