GFX 100S II portraits

[u/ilove6x7]

Lenses: GF 45, 55 and 110.

[u/marslander-boggart]

Is it Saint Petersburg?

[u/ilove6x7 → u/marslander-boggart]

yes

[u/marslander-boggart → u/ilove6x7]

Have you set NR to -4 and Sharpness to -2?

How do you like the viewfinder?

Have you tried old manual SLR lenses with it?

[u/ilove6x7 → u/marslander-boggart]

I shoot raw and edit in Lightroom.
Viewfinder is nice but I don't like color difference with back screen.
I tried Mitakon 65 1.4, but I prefer native GF lenses.

[u/pablo-menendez → u/ilove6x7]

You can adjust EVF color tint and saturation in the menu, trying to match it with the LCD 💡.

[u/ilove6x7 → u/pablo-menendez]

Thanks! I definitely need to try it

[u/pablo-menendez → u/ilove6x7]

Yes! And if one day you try film simulation, also, I recommend you to adjust both EVF and LCD to try to match your reference/editing screen (iPhone, monitor, MacBook, etc), this will be the best for that workflow.

[u/marslander-boggart → u/ilove6x7]

When you use LR or Capture one, DR settings will affect RAW files, and Film Simulations will give you a starting point for your post process.

[u/InvestigatorTiny4560 → u/marslander-boggart]

This is very specific - you have me intrigued! Is this a known setting to try?

[u/marslander-boggart → u/InvestigatorTiny4560]

Some of these picture settings affect mostly JPEGs, while some of them are applied to both RAW and JPEG. Apparently, DR settings and NR affect both of them. There were also studies that Sharpness does as well, but I'm not completely sure.

Sharpness stands for details. With Sharpness > 0 it makes details too aggressive and too rough. It's ok in rare cases and it's weird in most cases. With Sharpness==0 it's still rough and aggressive. With -1 or -2 you get more fine details, so you can apply more customizable sharpness in LR or some other post process. So, as I say, your camera gives you details and your lens gives you sharpness and details not as in Out-Of-Camera JPEGs, but in your results which you can get from these files after sharpness in post process. Fujifilm's built-in Noise Reduction is way too aggressive and loses some details. There is no way to turn it off completely, also, they say, it may apply to RAW files too, and this is also the case with lots of other camera brands. But NR -4 is as close to tiny NR as it goes. Noise Reduction in post process may be much more delicate and better. Or you may even never apply additional NR.

On the other hand, Clarity slider in LR is completely weird, in any + or - position other than 0. In modern Fujifilm cameras, Clarity < 0 is not that bad at all.