Recipe for GFX and X-Series
| Film Simulation | Acros + Yellow |
|---|---|
| Monochrome Color | WC: 0 MD: 0 |
| Grain Effect | off |
| Whitebalance | Auto |
| Whitebalance Shift | R: +3 B: -1 |
| Highlight | +2 |
| Shadow | +3 |
| Sharpness | +2 |
| High ISO NR | 0 |
| Clarity | +2 |
| Push/Pull | 0 |
I love black and white. I can hardly imagine portraits in color – unless the color brings the image to a new level in a narrative or at least emotional way. It is important to me that I can guide the viewer’s gaze. They should concentrate on what is important to me, what I want to tell. To do that, it is usually necessary to control the density of information in an image. A shallow depth of field is one possibility, fading out color is another – and of course the two techniques can complement each other wonderfully.
Therefore, I need an absolute bread-and-butter recipe in black and white for my daily work. My preferences are quite clear: distinct contrasts, but without everything being drowned out, burnt out or the midtones falling by the wayside, crisp sharpness and freedom from grain (which, for me, counteracts the impression of sharpness, among other things). The basic ingredients for Dark Punch were ready – a recipe that I can really use for any situation without exception.
Although it is an all-rounder, it still has its own distinctive look. I had originally started with the recipe for the GFX and had to realize that it is transferable to my X-T4/5 (with the shadow value perhaps slightly lower), but not if you want to use the images from both camera systems side by side in a series. It gives a cool look in both cameras, but it looks slightly different because of the different color arrays on the sensors (X-Trans vs. Bayer). In order to achieve the same result with my test images, I had to change the white balance amazingly.
If you want to use both camera systems in parallel, then you should adapt the recipe for the X series:
GFX recipe transferred to the X-Series
| Film Simulation | Acros + Yellow |
|---|---|
| Monochrome Color | WC: 0 MD: 0 |
| Grain Effect | off |
| White Balance | Daylight |
| White Balance Shift | R: -8 B: -9 |
| Highlights | +1 |
| Shadows | +3 |
| Sharpness | +2 |
| High ISO NR | -2 |
| Clarity | 0 |
| Push/Pull | + 1/3 EBV |
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In the Dark Punch recipe I did not see any information about Dynamic Range settings. Should it be set to Auto?
I never use this setting for recipes since the Dynamic Range settings depends solely on ones ISO settings. And my ISO approach is always „as low as possible, as high as needed“.
While you can enhance the DR via higher ISO, you have the drawbacks of higher ISO settings on the other hand.
Thank you for your response. I also don’t see settings for Color Chrome Effect and Color Chrome Effect Blue. Are these not needed either? Thank you.
Yes, like with other recipes: what‘s not mentioned is either „off“ or at 0.