Beautiful colours indeed Ken.
Can I say glorious?
Keep the good work resurrecting :-)
Amities
Philippe
> Le 17 avr. 2020 à 00:52, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> http://zone-10.com/d1/node/342
>
> The Olympus E-1 has an absolutely wonderful Kodak CCD sensor that has
> three major flaws: Not enough pixels, noisy pixels, and supposed lack
> of dynamic range. However, in fairness, the noisy pixels are generally
> not an issue if you can shoot at base-ISO. The lack of dynamic range
> is sometimes a challenge, but usually not a problem because the images
> require less bending in the computer to achieve desired output. But
> the lack of pixels is definitely a weakness and forces a restriction
> on maximum print sizes and cropping.
>
> But the colors, oh, the colors! And the mid-tone contrasts. The
> typical digital camera has a much flatter response curve and requires
> more gain adjustment to form the desired output curve. The E-1 raw
> images have a much steeper response cure and a significant "toe" in
> the shadows. Not really any shoulder, but the toe is major. Because of
> this, as well as a more intense color profile, it requires less
> bit-bending and saturation to be added later in the process. The E-1's
> Kodak CCD sensor is effectively closer to the final output and
> requires less computational adjustment later on.
>
> When it comes to color saturation, most cameras allow for the images
> to be "saturated" through the edit process, but rarely are those
> saturated colors "rich colors". It's similar to cooking where butter
> can provide a richness in flavor that a vegetable oil cannot.
>
> I revisited some images taken back in 2005 on a trip to Michigan's
> Upper Peninsula with Joel Wilcox. I've converted and edited these
> images many different ways through the years, but I wanted to take
> another stab at them with my current visual aesthetic. All were
> processed in the latest/greatest version of Adobe CC (Lightroom
> Classic) and are solely done with global adjustments. No spot editing,
> no edge corrections, no gradients, etc. While an argument can be made
> that these are all turned up to 11, they do make me smile right now
> and the interpretation is very different than previous versions.
>
> In all honesty, the actual slider adjustments in Lightroom are about
> half of what I usually do with Canon or Panasonic files.
>
> Are there major flaws to these photos? Yes. But these were
> quick-and-dirty conversions with less than five minutes effort. Final
> versions take more time and effort to see how the adjustments hold up
> to scrutiny.
>
> I think it may be safe to say that 2020 will be the year of the Kodak
> CCD for me.
>
> AG Schnozz
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