I just joined the FujiFilm community this week with an X-S10 and am having great fun getting to know it.
I’ve been experimenting with Fuji X Weekly film recipes and was wondering which ones people might have found best for overcast or dark and dreary days?
Posted May 9, 2022, 8:06 PM UTC
How is your x-s10? Mine should arrive tomorrow and it’s my first Fuji as well. I’m excited.
I’ve come from a 10yr old Canon DSLR so it is quite different and feels more advanced. There is a ton of functionality, but it’s starting to feel intuitive. I took a quick shot of my dog on auto for the first shot and it looks fantastic. It feels great to hold too, that big grip is awesome.
Been playing with it every day. Still not fully used to it and ISO is throwing me off how it connects to DR. Any tips on film sims or other items?
DR is a totally in-camera concept for me, so not looked much into that. I’m also still trying to get my head around the dials and customising to my preferred configuration. Unfortunately I’m injured and unable to get out much so my range of experiments has been limited. I’ve found the Fuji X Weekly Portra 400 has given me consistently good results so far. I just wish we could have more than 4 presets as they’re not quick to set up on the fly.
we had two miserable days of clouds and wind and rain here in coastal Delaware this past weekend.
i set up my tripod and shot jpg+RAW, as usual.
My jpg in camera was Acros. I didn't care for the way that looked. I applied Provia to the RAW photo in Lightroom Classic:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/52060309799/in/datetaken/
Dan Bailey recommends RAW+jpg in his great book
https://danbaileyphoto.com/blog/product/x-series-unlimited/
I shoot mostly Velvia when i do landscapes but since i have the ability to apply a recipe to my RAW files while looking at my computer... there is a lot of freedom to experiment in post processing.
I bought Luminar 4 when Adobe changed LR to make the older versions of Lightroom not work with new Mac operating systems. It was not good enough for me to replace LR, as I wanted, but it's a nice supplement. It has a filter/recipe (they call them Luminar Looks) called "dramatic landscape" that i kinda like:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/186162491@N07/52063006563/in/datetaken/
Thanks for response, those photos look great.
I just got rid of my Adobe subscription, want to try out alternatives, I briefly tried Luminar and want to look at Affinity, but I might end up back at Lightroom if none suit me.
I’ll check out the book, too!
i did a trial of Capture One... that didn't work out.
basically, i spent so many years learning the intricacies of LR that i do not want to relearn how to do what I do on different editing software.
adobe has me hooked... and i pay them monthly, like I'm a drug addict
Hahaha, yeah it certainly feels like that with them. Just noticed your username, quite the coincidence since I go by enjayartee.reel on insta!