![]() I’d love to try out some other Fujinon cameras and lenses for documenting these events in order to expand the range of images I make of them. Photographs were made with a Fujifilm X-Pro2 and Fujinon XF 14mm f/2.8 R, XF 23mm f/1.4 R and XF 50mm f/2.0 R WR prime lenses. ![]() I’ve used Photo Mechanic when working in press photography and have yet to try out its DAM-enhanced sibling but I’ve relied on other DAMs in the past that later became corporatized then financially out-of-reach for self-funded independent documentary photographers (and videographers) like me. The late Michael Reichmann of Luminous Landscape adopted in0camera raw histograms as one of his several digital photography hobbyhorses and we’re still having to guess at the state of our raw files from JPEG previews and histograms.Īnother workflow enhancement worth investigating is Photo Mechanic Plus, the Digital Asset Management version of Photo Mechanic, the press photographer’s portable daily go-to for image ingesting, selecting and rejecting before processing. If only camera histograms were based on raw files and not JPEGs too! These Fujifilm House of Photography events are an excellent opportunity to try out a range of film simulations under similar lighting conditions and subject matter, so this time I chose DxO’s rendering of Kodak Portra 400, a colour negative film popular for portraiture and documentary photography.Īs usual I chose DxO’s DeepPRIME XD demosaicing and denoising feature to obtain maximum detail and improved separation in the low values: the effect is incredible in full-sized exported files but even in these 2048px JPEGs above the boost in quality is noticeable.įor the past few months I’ve been doing my raw file selects and rejects in FastRawViewer then opening the selects in DxO PhotoLab Elite direct.Īs opposed to most if not all raw image processors FastRawViewer is fast and efficient give it does not need to build previews from raw files’ JPEG previews and its histogram is based on raw files so provides an accurate assessment of your photographs and not just an approximation. I processed these images in my favourite raw processing software system made by DxO comprising DxO PhotoLab Elite with DxO FilmPack Elite and DxO ViewPoint as plug-ins. ![]() ![]() All rights reserved.Īlthough some commentators have been referring to the X-S20 as a “mini-X-H2S” both it and its X-H2S sibling have differences enough to justify adding one of each to a serious stills and video production kit with the smaller, lighter X-S20 being the obvious choice for daily carry as well as entry point into Fujifilm’s APS-C X-mount camera system for those needing to lighten their load while still obtaining excellent image quality. Photograph © copyright Karin Gottschalk 2023. ![]()
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