@@duncanwallace7760 Film is like baking a gluten free organic cake that provides a great challenge to bake but you cant really put any icing on top, and even though the taste is pretty much inferior in every way to modern cakes other gluten free organic cake bakers swoon over it because it is so organic.
I shoot JPEG on my Fuji and love it! - it’s like being able to change film at the click of a button and I find it really fine tunes my photography - shoot for the finished image, not for the processing.
Velvia 50 Pro was my favorite film. I shot Professional Ektachrome for years (great skies), but almost never shot Kodachrome - great reds, but it gave blue skies a slaty, blue-gray, appearance (I could always pick out the National Geo's photos that were shot on Kodachrome because of its rendition of skies). Velvia's contrast was very useful in winter/snow because it picked out subtleties in snow and ice, giving form to what might otherwise render as flat, and without having to under-expose it to get good modeling of, say, a snowfield.
Hey Adam, GFX user here. It’s advised to turn the IBIS off when using a tripod. Had a few instances when the IBIS got confused and introduced motion blur. I have assigned some of the vertical grip buttons to things like WB, IBIS, and DOF preview. Makes life easier! Cheers, Felix
You and Morten Hilmer have really high quality video production standards. Love it and love the vibe and learning from your videos. Thank you for sharing them.
I got really good at editing Canon Raw files for the decade I shot with those cameras but now with my Fuji's I shoot both jpeg & Raf & unless I really flubbed the shot the Fuji jpegs turn out better than me messing around with the raw file for five minutes. This is something I NEVER thought I would say out loud.
Like the fact you’re not afraid to state you mucked up or things didn’t go to plan. Landscape photography is a hard slog and not all glory but the reward is when it does go right 👍🏻👍🏻
I think it's important to know, we all make mistakes, but when people make out they are perfect all the time it can be quite downheartening for others who think they should be perfect everytime, if you get my drift
While some folks will get their knickers in a knot over talking about JPEGs you raise a great point. We should practice the craft of taking a picture and not spending a lot of time trying to fix our mistakes, or making them worse, in post processing. Shoot both but load the JPEGs into Lightroom as the working image and store the RAW files somewhere else. This was an interesting exercise I put myself through that highlighted some opportunities for improvement. (You don't need to beat yourself up over missing that once in a lifetime shot you could have recovered with a RAW file while you were practicing.) And keep highlighting your new locations. Adding them to our list. Someday you all will let some of us back onto the Island. Thanks
i prefer composing than editing: choosing the accurate Fuji film is part of the pleasure. A spare RAW can be useful much later...for a second composing, or not. By the way, just received Quiet Light & two copies of your 2021 calendar: inspiring & appeasing
The processing is part of the process. There was a reason Adams spent so much time in the darkroom and chose to learn the technical side of darkroom work as well as he did the field work driving down the road in New Mexico. Shooting JPEGS is like sending your film to a drive-up processing kiosk. You get an image back, but you're not involved in the process. But then if you're not actually printing to at least a 16x24 size to view in presentation, then you're missing half the impact anyway.
You can use Fujifilm X Raw Studio to apply the film simulations in post using the “in-camera” algorithms to a raw file. So you could see the impact of the various simulations on the same raw file. Works great on my X series. Not sure about GFX.
OK, fair point. I do anyway, so you're preaching to the converted. Street photography is a whole other story though. Can't bear the thought of snapping away in town all day, getting home and having 400 raw files to go through :(
For knocking around and day to day I photograph in jpeg. For special work I shoot 6x9 and 6x17 film. I can't imagine shooting a lifetime moment on anything but film.
I was into processing on computer. But later I realised I was'nt making them any better than what camera could provide. So I shoot raw. Then process them in camera to correct white balance/exposure/picture profile etc. its super quick in comparison and i like results for now. unless you are good at it, i think camera process them better than me.
a bit late with the comment here, but i only watched this now. i really liked the video and your explanations. yes we all can do this test at home with our own camera but with your explanations and points through looking at the photos it makes way more sense and it's more rich in explaining the small differences. once in a while i find those videos where you explain those small things i would never would know about if you didnt mention or explain. thanks:) and lovely photos
Fascinating comparison of the film types done digitally Adam. I too grew up behind a 4x5, (and a 645 Pentax) and shot primarily Velvia for years. Eventually slid towards Privia and finally fell in love with Astia. It’s interesting that we’ve done away with these films (my freezer is still full of the stuff!!) and now we try and emulate them. Thanks for a very informative video.
As always, terrific post. Thanks, Adam, for all the great work you've shared with us this year. Have a very Happy Christmas, mate, and a heck of a lot of us look forward to more from you after we all put a stake in 2020. Thank you!
I love doing landscape photography, but I spent my career working with computers. So, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of a computer working on my photos. I shoot raw on one card and jpgs on the other. I probably have 4 or 5 trips that I haven't processed. I keep telling myself that I'll get caught up during the winter. But, I never do.
I shoot 4/3 and have a Pen -f with a crazy wheel (not actual name) but I do enjoy using the different film settings (in super fine) along with raw I think it helps me as a photographer because it pushes me to think of variables ie. how the Eterna brought out the mist and how it handled the blacks. One other thing about shooting both formats when hurry up processing I click on the jpeg judge it click on the raw in LR and hit auto and the winner gets to go to export don't even have to go into the develop mod. Thanks for posting Adam.
Thanks for the great video! Great to have this topic gone over in detail, especially looking at different color presets and what you have found them useful for, I have wondered about that myself. Cheers!
A very enjoyable video. I love taking photographs but do not enjoy extensive computer processing. I use simple programs that allow me to adjust brightness, contrast etc. That is enough for me.
Precisely! and while RAW files give folk more control over the final shot not everyone wishes to burden themselves with more work after the image has been taken. Thanks for your comment.
Thanks for this video Adam. I am exactly who this video is for. In the days of film (of which I used a lot of velvia), I really enjoyed photography to document an experience either while travelling to another country/culture or an adventure into the backcountry. You took your film in and either you got it right, or..... now in the days of digital photography, I can’t bear to sit behind a computer to “process” images, especially after spending 40-60 hours a week working on a computer. I have 100s of images that have been shot in raw just sitting in waiting and me with no time or interest to spend my non-working time on a computer. These are terrific options for those of us who have no interest in processing images and would rather use that time to be out there enjoying the experience of taking them - or doing something else completely - away from a computer. Obviously, for those like yourself who want the creative control over your images outcome or I guess if you’re into creating images in post processing, this wouldn’t be for you. But, then this video wasn’t necessarily for those folks but more so for folks like me. Thanks, I really enjoyed this one!
17:17 Velvia 50 is marvelous. So sad this older Vivid style could not be found on your website. Not sure how it would sell, but it would be nice to see a "Remnants of the past" style category on the site to show where you came from and how you progressed through the years with your style. Or I was blind and there is already there, but I could not find it :P
Been following you for some time now. I enjoy your content. From a Pacific Northwest photograper, J. R. Hudson, Cheers! And, wishing you the best this holiday season.
The cool thing with Fujifilm cameras are the built in raw converter. If you take a raw image, you can use the in camera converter to create different kind of jpgs from the same file. You can even do som push and pull processing, change shadow and highlights and then again create a jpg of your liking. This is one of the reason i went for Fujifilm.
I agree this can be a cool feature. Some other brands also provide it in some cameras, but it's true that Fuji's very nice film simulations can make it a more desirable feature.
Thanks Adam...I really enjoyed hearing your opinion on the strengths of the Fuji film simulations... I tend to shoot mostly in RAW-Velvia but now have a better understanding of when to move to Pro-Via or Astia... as a Fuji shooter I know I have been spoiled because I can select a film simulation and the viewfinder shows me the look of the film at the moment, and the RAW data gives me the freedom to change my mind in Lightroom. LR embedded film simulations in the Develop mode, so now when I import a RAW file I have directed LR to apply the film simulation so my first look in LR is close to the selected simulation, if I got it wrong in the moment, I can click on the different film simulation options and see a preview of the difference prior to processing, including all the b/w and or monochromes too... sort of like what one can do if you screwed up the WB at the moment in a RAW file. About the only time I shoot RAW+Jpeg these days was based on your vlog on aspect ratio and lens selection. If I shoot the two together, I see in the viewfinder (handy for on the scene decisions) the applied aspect ratio of either 3:2 or 16:9, (regrets no 4:5 yet) and when I import the files that aspect ratio is viewable because the jpeg preview hold it, but the RAW file has protected the full sensor data if I want it later. P.S. no rain in Winnipeg, although we had several cm of snow yesterday and much MORE projected for tomorrow... so you are welcome to come for our dry cold anytime...
Just got my first ever box of Velvia 50 in 8x10 today, straight from Japan, really looking forward shooting those, I seem to enjoy slide film more in sheet form than roll film, or perhaps it’s just in my head....
Thank you! When you go out and travel you can save the pictures as jpegs and raw files. But its quite boring to process a picture when you already have a finnished version. So these days I take the tourist photos with my cellphone. Then when I get home I start to look at the raw files i my camera.
I've been shooting large format film the past two years. I like your comparison to film here. Once Ive made my film choice, a lot of the look I'm going for has been accomplished. Though contrast, dodge/burn, etc can still be controlled with developing and precessing.
Adam - you have Capture One right - all the Fuji profiles, Velvia / Acros / Provia, etc. should be accessible under the Curve's dropdown in the Base Characteristic's tool - so one capture many variants and they are "supposed" to be identical to the in camera options. I know you favour, (
Gotta say, this video came at a perfect time as I recently switched to the Fuji system. It's really made me look at the film simulations a bit better. Thanks!
I just finished the entire video. Brother, they just keep getting better and better. While I still have the UK on my trip planner when the pandemic is over, I believe I'll visit Canada again first. It's been many years but I used to hunt in Manitoba and Alberta near the Rockies. Now I shoot with cameras as well, actually mostly. Like the UK, there are so many spacious and beautiful places to see. Here's bumping into you up there.
On days with flat light, I find saturating the greens in the forest creates the depth I need for that separation. I found the Velvia gave the most punch, and the rest just got flatter and flatter... 🤔
When I was shooting 4x5, Acros was the last film I used before going to digital. It was deceiving when inspecting the negatives. It appeared to have no contrast, but printed so differently. A wonderful film, indeed.
I shot jpeg in the beginning because that is all the camera I had would do. I would discuss it with other photographers and they would stick up their nose at the idea. When I told them, "get it right in the camera", I would get back that most times you couldn't; that's why they shot RAW. Ridiculous. Yes, there are times you can't (or don't) get it right in camera, but if you are doing your job right, they are few and between. I shoot RAW exclusively, now, unless I'm shooting film. But I do everything I can to get it right in camera, regardless of the format I'm shooting.
Lol great camp pose on the run photo. I dislike using J-Pegs or profiles in camera except for in mono. I prefer to edit Raw files although admittedly, I am not that great at it plus it takes me ages. Then of course I change my mind and make new edits. I suppose this is all part of being creative. Not letting the programme do the work for you. The more control that you have over the final edit the more satisfied you shall be with the outcome. Love the location in the video. You reminded me I have to buy a new pair of wellies... XD
I shot Fuji as well (poorly :) ) I shot RAW+JPGs and I find sometimes, if I nail the jpg setting in camera, I much prefer the jpg with little adjustment to any variation I try to make of the RAW file. I know you have your workflow and I'm probably not the first one who suggests this to you, but did you try Capture One? the Fuji Film simulation are applied to the RAW as well. (there is the Fuji Express for free which I believe handle the film simulation as well) You can swap the simulations and they are pretty close to the one produced by the camera. Simulation presets are made not only by the film simulation and this is not saved in the RAW, so it must be corrected in post to match the RAW to the Jpg.
Great vid Good to know I mess up as much as as you haha. I always shoot raw for landscape, but I think people can be snobby towards people who shoot in jpeg. At end of the day we all have different preferences. The main thing is you are happy with what you are producing for yourself. I work all day on a computer, so when it comes to editing, the less I can do the better. One of the reasons I like using film as well.
… but you can create a JEPG from a RAW file, you can’t do it the other way around. If the card you are using for RAW fails, you only have a JEPG backup. I shoot RAW on both of my cards.
Using Capture One one can start working on a raw file with those film simulation curves automatically. So, kind of best of both worlds. I do really like to shoot landscapes with Astia film simulation and edit from there the raw files. Don’t know if LR already does this too automatically or still not.
I've been working in jpeg with the vivid setting active for ages now, I then process in GIMP as I'm not able to put up the type of wonga for lightroom etc. I'm quite happy with the results and have started a little bit of microstock. I find Raw takes up so much room and I'm not as used to working with it. Very interesting video as always. Thanks 👍
I was one of those who didn’t like velvia... although now that I’m reflecting on it. It was probably because my dad was a huge fan on kodachome, and since I learned photography from him... But now, shooting raw the opportunities are “more open” to choose saturation, contrast and grain, in post-processing. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my goodness! The world as I know it has come to an end. Landscape photography with JPEGs. I used JPEGs at the very beginning with my first DSLR until I knew what I was missing. But if I want to, my post software allows me to apply dozens of film looks to my raws. :)
Interesting video. I like shooting JPEGs because taking photos is only second hobby for me. The results are good enough for my Slideshows of natur snapshots. With greetings from lower Bavaria and sorry for my worst english.
I haven't played with the jpeg options on our cameras. I'll occasionally shoot one for quick posting but it's been whatever the factory or previous owner set it for.
Thank you. I have a spare card slot in my D7200 so I'll now set slot 2 up as a JPEG and see what results I get. Hope you don't mind me saying I'm sort of please / relieved to hear you mucked up as I was really angry with myself after trying to get some long exposure shots of 140 year old pier stumps. Waited for the tide and weather, set everything up but focused after putting my filters on. Looked OK at the time but all shots useless as not focused at all. Hopefully the stumps will wait for me to return. Have a Happy Christmas.
This takes me back in my film days, way too long ago... :) I find I'm processing my raw photos sometimes in ways that remind me of Velvia, Provia, and some Kodachrome looks. Sometimes I go to emulate 60-70s films...oof, before my time haha. I don't do JPG but can see the benefits of taking both at the same time for quick upload or sharing and the raw when I want to properly process. Wish the Sony's had the emulation the Fuji's have! Cool video. Thanks Adam!
Great Vlog again Adam . Great photos and info too , thank you . Back in the day I pretty much always used Fuji film . Whether print or slide . Just loved how the finished look . Occasionally treating myself to Kodachrome 64 . Merry Christmas from the uk . Looking a bit grim here with covid at the moment . Hey ho life will get better .
Just occurred to me whilst watching you compose: with so much real estate at the back of the GFX 100, wouldn't it be helpful for us elderly glasses wearers if there was a much larger display panel?
Hi Adam, I shoot mainly landscapes and like messing about in photoshop so shoot in raw , however I also shoot jpg at the same time and have I been doing so since 2003. My logic being that in three more decades will there be software around that can read those old brand specific raw files ? Where as .jpgs are so universal that its seems highly likely that they will still be readable. I might be completely barking up the wrong tree of course. My parents slides from the 1950s are still perfectly viewable but will our children be able to see our holiday snaps 70 years later if we only shoot raw ? Not withstanding the issues around backing up etc . Cheers.
I wish I could carry on a conversation while standing on one foot adjusting a sock. Fuji. My first digital camera. Point and Shoot. I think it had some weird interchangable lens feature that I never used. Today I'm maybe a little better with RAW but early on, I wanted to find the JPEG in the RAW file.
5:40 AFAIK some people (such as photojournalists) are not allowed to edit photographs anyways, so it wouldn't make sense for them to waste the space regardless I agree with you on the landscape side of things. I also think that the personal editing vs AI is like getting bread from the supermarket vs a special bakery. Sure you can just use the quick recipe and get something edible, but it will never be handcrafted with time and attention quality. And neither will you truly understand the reasons why your bread tastes good or not good, if you dont know how the baking process works. Also, did you know you can actually put all these profiles on your raw file in lightroom? Lightroom automatically imports the camera presets into it so that you can apply them as an editing 'base'. Although I read they may be slightly different, probably not too different at all. You can find these profiles under the tab 'develop' -> basic -> profile -> browse -> camera matching
Thanks Adam, I’ve been musing over shooting some JPEGS lately so this was very interesting. I shoot Sony so the in-camera profiles aren’t quite as interesting as yours, but I still wonder whether I wouldn’t save a lot of time shooting JPEG on days without much dynamic range. Thanks for the walk-thru, man, always entertaining and edifying.
I mainly shoot film (99.99% of the time) and scan them as jpeg files. I do my edits in a free software (darktable) but I was searching for another software like lightroom (or others), but was wondering, are these softwares too "big" (can't find the right word) to edit simple jpegs from scans ?
I just figured out that when you import into lightroom you can pre process the image by setting to camera profile. This will apply the jpg settings to the raw with all the sliders set to 0. This is great, because I sometimes struggle to get the original jpg look from my raws.
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Shooting JPEG is like going to the store and buying a cake. RAW is like going to the store, buying the ingredients and baking your own cake.
....Knowing that you can use more / better ingredients with RAW.
Hmm that's a great analogy which i'll use without giving credit to you random internet bloke hahahah
Is film like starting a farm, growing the ingredients, harvesting them and then banking a cake?
@@duncanwallace7760 Film is like baking a gluten free organic cake that provides a great challenge to bake but you cant really put any icing on top, and even though the taste is pretty much inferior in every way to modern cakes other gluten free organic cake bakers swoon over it because it is so organic.
very well said !!!!!!!!!
"I really screwed up, I went out with Gavin.....", enough said.
understandable lol
I was just going to say the exact same thing, but you beat me to it. Must be something with G.
Actually it was Clarence that I went out with,
@@QuietLightPhoto well, say no more ;)
I shoot JPEG on my Fuji and love it! - it’s like being able to change film at the click of a button and I find it really fine tunes my photography - shoot for the finished image, not for the processing.
Actually Adam, Clarence Von Ponce showed you this location. He'll be very upset that you didn't give him the proper credit.
I really thought Clarence only showed up on really special occasions.
Oh right! I must have been dreaming of you at the time ;-)
@@theweekendphotographer VERY special occasions.
The world is not a pony court, dear Clarence vP
Some say Clarence is still dreaming of you Adam.
Velvia 50 Pro was my favorite film. I shot Professional Ektachrome for years (great skies), but almost never shot Kodachrome - great reds, but it gave blue skies a slaty, blue-gray, appearance (I could always pick out the National Geo's photos that were shot on Kodachrome because of its rendition of skies). Velvia's contrast was very useful in winter/snow because it picked out subtleties in snow and ice, giving form to what might otherwise render as flat, and without having to under-expose it to get good modeling of, say, a snowfield.
This video is fantastic for those of us that shoot with Fujifilm. Thank you very much.
Hey Adam, GFX user here. It’s advised to turn the IBIS off when using a tripod. Had a few instances when the IBIS got confused and introduced motion blur.
I have assigned some of the vertical grip buttons to things like WB, IBIS, and DOF preview. Makes life easier!
Cheers, Felix
You and Morten Hilmer have really high quality video production standards. Love it and love the vibe and learning from your videos. Thank you for sharing them.
I got really good at editing Canon Raw files for the decade I shot with those cameras but now with my Fuji's I shoot both jpeg & Raf & unless I really flubbed the shot the Fuji jpegs turn out better than me messing around with the raw file for five minutes. This is something I NEVER thought I would say out loud.
Ain’t that the truth. On my XT4 the raw is the backup and the JPEG is the primary.
Like the fact you’re not afraid to state you mucked up or things didn’t go to plan. Landscape photography is a hard slog and not all glory but the reward is when it does go right 👍🏻👍🏻
I think it's important to know, we all make mistakes, but when people make out they are perfect all the time it can be quite downheartening for others who think they should be perfect everytime, if you get my drift
While some folks will get their knickers in a knot over talking about JPEGs you raise a great point. We should practice the craft of taking a picture and not spending a lot of time trying to fix our mistakes, or making them worse, in post processing. Shoot both but load the JPEGs into Lightroom as the working image and store the RAW files somewhere else. This was an interesting exercise I put myself through that highlighted some opportunities for improvement. (You don't need to beat yourself up over missing that once in a lifetime shot you could have recovered with a RAW file while you were practicing.)
And keep highlighting your new locations. Adding them to our list. Someday you all will let some of us back onto the Island. Thanks
Raining and windy. That’s been Scotland since October. It’s a struggle just now. Your show is a breath of fresh air every time
Great vlog Adam! Englishman River Falls is my favorite location that you visit!
AGAIN, so much information to register! Thank you, you are a great teacher. :)
i prefer composing than editing: choosing the accurate Fuji film is part of the pleasure. A spare RAW can be useful much later...for a second composing, or not.
By the way, just received Quiet Light & two copies of your 2021 calendar: inspiring & appeasing
Thanks for this Adam..BTW, check the tire pressure of your driver side rear tire...
The processing is part of the process. There was a reason Adams spent so much time in the darkroom and chose to learn the technical side of darkroom work as well as he did the field work driving down the road in New Mexico. Shooting JPEGS is like sending your film to a drive-up processing kiosk. You get an image back, but you're not involved in the process. But then if you're not actually printing to at least a 16x24 size to view in presentation, then you're missing half the impact anyway.
You can use Fujifilm X Raw Studio to apply the film simulations in post using the “in-camera” algorithms to a raw file. So you could see the impact of the various simulations on the same raw file. Works great on my X series. Not sure about GFX.
that was a neat pic, glad to see Adam....at least he smiled in the cuts
GO AVS GO!!!
OK, fair point. I do anyway, so you're preaching to the converted. Street photography is a whole other story though. Can't bear the thought of snapping away in town all day, getting home and having 400 raw files to go through :(
Try try try again. You got there eventually. Top vlog. Thanks 👍🏻 Dave - Brisbane 🇦🇺
Thanks Adam. Very helpful video.
I have spent most of the pandemic learning from your TH-cam channel. I appreciate all that you share.
For knocking around and day to day I photograph in jpeg. For special work I shoot 6x9 and 6x17 film. I can't imagine shooting a lifetime moment on anything but film.
I was into processing on computer. But later I realised I was'nt making them any better than what camera could provide. So I shoot raw. Then process them in camera to correct white balance/exposure/picture profile etc. its super quick in comparison and i like results for now.
unless you are good at it, i think camera process them better than me.
Eterna for second shot, really dark and moody, suits it.
a bit late with the comment here, but i only watched this now. i really liked the video and your explanations. yes we all can do this test at home with our own camera but with your explanations and points through looking at the photos it makes way more sense and it's more rich in explaining the small differences. once in a while i find those videos where you explain those small things i would never would know about if you didnt mention or explain. thanks:) and lovely photos
Interesting presentation. Thanks Adam for going out in the rain and doing it.
Thank you for all the blogs during 2020. you took some of the stress away. Bon Noël
In Capture One, you can add the various film profiles to the RAW file. Best of both worlds! 😉
Fascinating comparison of the film types done digitally Adam. I too grew up behind a 4x5, (and a 645 Pentax) and shot primarily Velvia for years. Eventually slid towards Privia and finally fell in love with Astia. It’s interesting that we’ve done away with these films (my freezer is still full of the stuff!!) and now we try and emulate them. Thanks for a very informative video.
As always, terrific post. Thanks, Adam, for all the great work you've shared with us this year. Have a very Happy Christmas, mate, and a heck of a lot of us look forward to more from you after we all put a stake in 2020. Thank you!
I love doing landscape photography, but I spent my career working with computers. So, the last thing I want to do is sit in front of a computer working on my photos. I shoot raw on one card and jpgs on the other. I probably have 4 or 5 trips that I haven't processed. I keep telling myself that I'll get caught up during the winter. But, I never do.
Enjoyed the video, Have a very Grumpy holiday season.
Thanks, you too!
I shoot 4/3 and have a Pen -f with a crazy wheel (not actual name) but I do enjoy using the different film settings (in super fine) along with raw I think it helps me as a photographer because it pushes me to think of variables ie. how the Eterna brought out the mist and how it handled the blacks. One other thing about shooting both formats when hurry up processing I click on the jpeg judge it click on the raw in LR and hit auto and the winner gets to go to export don't even have to go into the develop mod. Thanks for posting Adam.
Thanks for the great video! Great to have this topic gone over in detail, especially looking at different color presets and what you have found them useful for, I have wondered about that myself. Cheers!
A very enjoyable video. I love taking photographs but do not enjoy extensive computer processing. I use simple programs that allow me to adjust brightness, contrast etc. That is enough for me.
Precisely! and while RAW files give folk more control over the final shot not everyone wishes to burden themselves with more work after the image has been taken. Thanks for your comment.
Thank you Adam for this video.
Thanks for this video Adam. I am exactly who this video is for. In the days of film (of which I used a lot of velvia), I really enjoyed photography to document an experience either while travelling to another country/culture or an adventure into the backcountry. You took your film in and either you got it right, or..... now in the days of digital photography, I can’t bear to sit behind a computer to “process” images, especially after spending 40-60 hours a week working on a computer. I have 100s of images that have been shot in raw just sitting in waiting and me with no time or interest to spend my non-working time on a computer. These are terrific options for those of us who have no interest in processing images and would rather use that time to be out there enjoying the experience of taking them - or doing something else completely - away from a computer.
Obviously, for those like yourself who want the creative control over your images outcome or I guess if you’re into creating images in post processing, this wouldn’t be for you. But, then this video wasn’t necessarily for those folks but more so for folks like me. Thanks, I really enjoyed this one!
17:17 Velvia 50 is marvelous. So sad this older Vivid style could not be found on your website. Not sure how it would sell, but it would be nice to see a "Remnants of the past" style category on the site to show where you came from and how you progressed through the years with your style. Or I was blind and there is already there, but I could not find it :P
Been following you for some time now. I enjoy your content. From a Pacific Northwest photograper, J. R. Hudson, Cheers! And, wishing you the best this holiday season.
Awesome, thank you!
The cool thing with Fujifilm cameras are the built in raw converter.
If you take a raw image, you can use the in camera converter to create different kind of jpgs from the same file.
You can even do som push and pull processing, change shadow and highlights and then again create a jpg of your liking.
This is one of the reason i went for Fujifilm.
I agree this can be a cool feature. Some other brands also provide it in some cameras, but it's true that Fuji's very nice film simulations can make it a more desirable feature.
Thanks Adam...I really enjoyed hearing your opinion on the strengths of the Fuji film simulations... I tend to shoot mostly in RAW-Velvia but now have a better understanding of when to move to Pro-Via or Astia... as a Fuji shooter I know I have been spoiled because I can select a film simulation and the viewfinder shows me the look of the film at the moment, and the RAW data gives me the freedom to change my mind in Lightroom. LR embedded film simulations in the Develop mode, so now when I import a RAW file I have directed LR to apply the film simulation so my first look in LR is close to the selected simulation, if I got it wrong in the moment, I can click on the different film simulation options and see a preview of the difference prior to processing, including all the b/w and or monochromes too... sort of like what one can do if you screwed up the WB at the moment in a RAW file.
About the only time I shoot RAW+Jpeg these days was based on your vlog on aspect ratio and lens selection. If I shoot the two together, I see in the viewfinder (handy for on the scene decisions) the applied aspect ratio of either 3:2 or 16:9, (regrets no 4:5 yet) and when I import the files that aspect ratio is viewable because the jpeg preview hold it, but the RAW file has protected the full sensor data if I want it later.
P.S. no rain in Winnipeg, although we had several cm of snow yesterday and much MORE projected for tomorrow... so you are welcome to come for our dry cold anytime...
Just got my first ever box of Velvia 50 in 8x10 today, straight from Japan, really looking forward shooting those, I seem to enjoy slide film more in sheet form than roll film, or perhaps it’s just in my head....
Good for you, now that is a commitment to the art of photography
Wow! When I visited Englishman's Falls, there wasn't nearly so much water. Nice images
Thank you! When you go out and travel you can save the pictures as jpegs and raw files. But its quite boring to process a picture when you already have a finnished version. So these days I take the tourist photos with my cellphone. Then when I get home I start to look at the raw files i my camera.
thank you Adam, found this helpful as I am also a fuji shooter. appreciate the comparisons. many thanks :)
I've been shooting large format film the past two years. I like your comparison to film here. Once Ive made my film choice, a lot of the look I'm going for has been accomplished. Though contrast, dodge/burn, etc can still be controlled with developing and precessing.
Hooray for jpeg!
Adam - you have Capture One right - all the Fuji profiles, Velvia / Acros / Provia, etc. should be accessible under the Curve's dropdown in the Base Characteristic's tool - so one capture many variants and they are "supposed" to be identical to the in camera options. I know you favour, (
It would be fun to see a video about your van - it looks similar to the one that Thomas (Heaton) recently purchased.
Great informative video,thanks very much .
Gotta say, this video came at a perfect time as I recently switched to the Fuji system. It's really made me look at the film simulations a bit better. Thanks!
Acros is probably my favorite B&W ever.
Great vlog matey, very interesting to see different profiles. Might have a look on the Sony
I'm sure there are some kind of profiles in that menu somewhere, in the deep depths, probably in with card format ;-)
@@QuietLightPhoto haha that’s true, hopefully I can short key a button for them lol 😂 hope you have a good xmas matey
Oh what a feeling, Toyota! In jpeg!
So much good and thought provoking info - thanks, as usual.
Great video thanks!
Recently I stopped shooting in RAW + JPG. I now only shoot in RAW. In Capture one I am still able to apply the Fujifilm filters.
I just finished the entire video. Brother, they just keep getting better and better. While I still have the UK on my trip planner when the pandemic is over, I believe I'll visit Canada again first. It's been many years but I used to hunt in Manitoba and Alberta near the Rockies. Now I shoot with cameras as well, actually mostly. Like the UK, there are so many spacious and beautiful places to see. Here's bumping into you up there.
On days with flat light, I find saturating the greens in the forest creates the depth I need for that separation. I found the Velvia gave the most punch, and the rest just got flatter and flatter... 🤔
I shoot jpeg + raw. I like jpegs for street and portraits, but I always use the raw file for landscapes, and edit via capture one.
When I was shooting 4x5, Acros was the last film I used before going to digital. It was deceiving when inspecting the negatives. It appeared to have no contrast, but printed so differently. A wonderful film, indeed.
Great video, thank you for sharing!
I shot jpeg in the beginning because that is all the camera I had would do. I would discuss it with other photographers and they would stick up their nose at the idea. When I told them, "get it right in the camera", I would get back that most times you couldn't; that's why they shot RAW. Ridiculous. Yes, there are times you can't (or don't) get it right in camera, but if you are doing your job right, they are few and between. I shoot RAW exclusively, now, unless I'm shooting film. But I do everything I can to get it right in camera, regardless of the format I'm shooting.
Lol great camp pose on the run photo. I dislike using J-Pegs or profiles in camera except for in mono. I prefer to edit Raw files although admittedly, I am not that great at it plus it takes me ages. Then of course I change my mind and make new edits. I suppose this is all part of being creative. Not letting the programme do the work for you. The more control that you have over the final edit the more satisfied you shall be with the outcome.
Love the location in the video. You reminded me I have to buy a new pair of wellies... XD
Great video. Merry Christmas
I shot Fuji as well (poorly :) ) I shot RAW+JPGs and I find sometimes, if I nail the jpg setting in camera, I much prefer the jpg with little adjustment to any variation I try to make of the RAW file.
I know you have your workflow and I'm probably not the first one who suggests this to you, but did you try Capture One? the Fuji Film simulation are applied to the RAW as well. (there is the Fuji Express for free which I believe handle the film simulation as well)
You can swap the simulations and they are pretty close to the one produced by the camera. Simulation presets are made not only by the film simulation and this is not saved in the RAW, so it must be corrected in post to match the RAW to the Jpg.
Great vid
Good to know I mess up as much as as you haha. I always shoot raw for landscape, but I think people can be snobby towards people who shoot in jpeg. At end of the day we all have different preferences. The main thing is you are happy with what you are producing for yourself.
I work all day on a computer, so when it comes to editing, the less I can do the better. One of the reasons I like using film as well.
… but you can create a JEPG from a RAW file, you can’t do it the other way around. If the card you are using for RAW fails, you only have a JEPG backup. I shoot RAW on both of my cards.
Using Capture One one can start working on a raw file with those film simulation curves automatically. So, kind of best of both worlds. I do really like to shoot landscapes with Astia film simulation and edit from there the raw files.
Don’t know if LR already does this too automatically or still not.
I've been working in jpeg with the vivid setting active for ages now, I then process in GIMP as I'm not able to put up the type of wonga for lightroom etc. I'm quite happy with the results and have started a little bit of microstock. I find Raw takes up so much room and I'm not as used to working with it. Very interesting video as always. Thanks 👍
Beautiful area as always together with interesting comparisons.
I was one of those who didn’t like velvia... although now that I’m reflecting on it. It was probably because my dad was a huge fan on kodachome, and since I learned photography from him...
But now, shooting raw the opportunities are “more open” to choose saturation, contrast and grain, in post-processing.
Thanks for sharing!
Just got my used GFX this week and sure enough, seller forgot the EVF. YUP pain to just use the back LCD
I really like the film simulation comparisons, I might get off of provia on harsh light days and try astia. Thanks!
Oh my goodness! The world as I know it has come to an end. Landscape photography with JPEGs. I used JPEGs at the very beginning with my first DSLR until I knew what I was missing. But if I want to, my post software allows me to apply dozens of film looks to my raws. :)
Interesting video. I like shooting JPEGs because taking photos is only second hobby for me. The results are good enough for my Slideshows of natur snapshots.
With greetings from lower Bavaria and sorry for my worst english.
I haven't played with the jpeg options on our cameras. I'll occasionally shoot one for quick posting but it's been whatever the factory or previous owner set it for.
Thank you. I have a spare card slot in my D7200 so I'll now set slot 2 up as a JPEG and see what results I get. Hope you don't mind me saying I'm sort of please / relieved to hear you mucked up as I was really angry with myself after trying to get some long exposure shots of 140 year old pier stumps. Waited for the tide and weather, set everything up but focused after putting my filters on. Looked OK at the time but all shots useless as not focused at all. Hopefully the stumps will wait for me to return. Have a Happy Christmas.
Happy Holidays! 🎄🎅
Happy holidays!
Have you disabled the film simulation on the rear display? Normally it would look very much like the final JPEG/RAW, if not exactly alike.
Interesting comparison! I just think it’s good to experiment!!
This takes me back in my film days, way too long ago... :) I find I'm processing my raw photos sometimes in ways that remind me of Velvia, Provia, and some Kodachrome looks. Sometimes I go to emulate 60-70s films...oof, before my time haha. I don't do JPG but can see the benefits of taking both at the same time for quick upload or sharing and the raw when I want to properly process. Wish the Sony's had the emulation the Fuji's have! Cool video. Thanks Adam!
Well, I quite enjoyed this! Thanks Adam!
Glad to hear it!
Great Vlog again Adam .
Great photos and info too , thank you .
Back in the day I pretty much always used Fuji film .
Whether print or slide . Just loved how the finished look .
Occasionally treating myself to Kodachrome 64 .
Merry Christmas from the uk .
Looking a bit grim here with covid at the moment .
Hey ho life will get better .
Merry Christmas Martin!
I love your work so much 💘
Great Video as always! Thank god that goof Clarence wasn’t in your video. He’s a bit strange...
Just occurred to me whilst watching you compose: with so much real estate at the back of the GFX 100, wouldn't it be helpful for us elderly glasses wearers if there was a much larger display panel?
Im all for that
Great info sure lucky that falls are in your back yard!!!!
Happy holidays
Hi Adam, I shoot mainly landscapes and like messing about in photoshop so shoot in raw , however I also shoot jpg at the same time and have I been doing so since 2003. My logic being that in three more decades will there be software around that can read those old brand specific raw files ? Where as .jpgs are so universal that its seems highly likely that they will still be readable. I might be completely barking up the wrong tree of course. My parents slides from the 1950s are still perfectly viewable but will our children be able to see our holiday snaps 70 years later if we only shoot raw ? Not withstanding the issues around backing up etc . Cheers.
I like uncompressed raw files for landscape. Not all cameras (Sony APS-C) allow that
Thanks for the discussion. Helpful
I only shoot using JPEG for my sports photography, every other genre is shot in RAW
I shoot with an A7iv and have zero issues shoot wildlife and or sports ..
I wish I could carry on a conversation while standing on one foot adjusting a sock. Fuji. My first digital camera. Point and Shoot. I think it had some weird interchangable lens feature that I never used. Today I'm maybe a little better with RAW but early on, I wanted to find the JPEG in the RAW file.
5:40 AFAIK some people (such as photojournalists) are not allowed to edit photographs anyways, so it wouldn't make sense for them to waste the space regardless
I agree with you on the landscape side of things. I also think that the personal editing vs AI is like getting bread from the supermarket vs a special bakery. Sure you can just use the quick recipe and get something edible, but it will never be handcrafted with time and attention quality. And neither will you truly understand the reasons why your bread tastes good or not good, if you dont know how the baking process works.
Also, did you know you can actually put all these profiles on your raw file in lightroom? Lightroom automatically imports the camera presets into it so that you can apply them as an editing 'base'. Although I read they may be slightly different, probably not too different at all. You can find these profiles under the tab 'develop' -> basic -> profile -> browse -> camera matching
Yes I did know that, however I am talking about doing everything in camera.
Thanks Adam, I’ve been musing over shooting some JPEGS lately so this was very interesting. I shoot Sony so the in-camera profiles aren’t quite as interesting as yours, but I still wonder whether I wouldn’t save a lot of time shooting JPEG on days without much dynamic range. Thanks for the walk-thru, man, always entertaining and edifying.
I mainly shoot film (99.99% of the time) and scan them as jpeg files. I do my edits in a free software (darktable) but I was searching for another software like lightroom (or others), but was wondering, are these softwares too "big" (can't find the right word) to edit simple jpegs from scans ?
Your Thumbnail looks like Monty Python. Great 2021.
I just figured out that when you import into lightroom you can pre process the image by setting to camera profile. This will apply the jpg settings to the raw with all the sliders set to 0. This is great, because I sometimes struggle to get the original jpg look from my raws.
Some great locations there Adam, loved the Falls😊👍 Do you have pants to go with the orange jacket ?😁👍
Yes I have but they are grey. Orange pants was a bit much