Hi Joel,
Thank you very much for your comment! I was just a little lazy, trying to
use a simple solution to simulate the great look of Velvia (it is also my
favorite film). This is another trial, it improve the blues, I hope it
matches better:
http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/IMG_0917.JPG
BTW, I also don't like very much about the Velvia 100F I took to a Europe
trip in 2004. Fortunately my main camera was a E-1 at that time.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Wilcox"
> The renditions look good, but the blues look a little too cyan to be
> Velvia -- or at least the "old Velvia" 50 that I liked the best. (The
> newer Velvia 100 had somewhat more accurate colors and a bit more
> pronounced cyan and less magenta -- to me that was like "new Coke" and
> I could never see using it). Possibly the greens should leap out a
> bit more too. But the result is very nice in any case.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:17 PM, C.H.Ling <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No Fred Miranda, I used a very simple method, here is what I did for one
>> of
>> the image:
>>
>> This is what the JPEG will look in Canyon "Standard" color mode:
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard01.jpg
>>
>> Here is the setting for Velvia look:
>>
>> Picture style "Faithful", color temp reduced to 4900K (depends on the
>> image
>> varies from 4600 and up), adjust the exposure according to taste.
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard02.jpg
>>
>> An S-curve to increase the contrast (varies depends on the image)
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard03.jpg
>>
>> Actually I loaded a rather strong setting to begin with, this setting was
>> got from an image I adjusted according to a Velvia 50 film shot I made at
>> the same time of the digital shot.
>>
>> 5D II JPEG mode:
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard04.jpg
>>
>> Velvia mode:
>>
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard05.jpg
>> http://www.accura.com.hk/temp/Clipboard06.jpg
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