Learning to use the GR

[aquilon]

Here are a few more shots with the new camera . I'm trying to get a handle on the depth of field thing . Higher f stops are obviously needed than the grd which leads to needing a higher ISO but the camera seems to be able to handle it .
These shots are all straight out of camera RAW files and I think they look pretty good . Maybe a little affection IS starting to grow for this new arrival .
Tell me what you think .
Jeff

 

[Blow-in]

I like the colour in these. Great subjects and composition. That's a very nice classic cutter with tidy ropework so someone knows their ropes and has been hard at work with the maintenance.

Richard

 

[aquilon]

The owner of the cutter and it's captain [ and maintenance flunky ] is one of my sons . She is a Starling Burgess design built in '32 .
I also was thinking that the color out of camera was quite lovely . That is why I posted them without any manipulation . It will be interesting to see what turn out to be the defining features of the GR . It may not be the most obvious things .

 

[streetshooter]

Very impressive and yes....the color is really wonderful.....

 

[Blow-in]

The owner of the cutter and it's captain [ and maintenance flunky ] is one of my sons . She is a Starling Burgess design built in '32 .
I also was thinking that the color out of camera was quite lovely . That is why I posted them without any manipulation . It will be interesting to see what turn out to be the defining features of the GR . It may not be the most obvious things .

A William Starling Burgess classic! It doesn't come much better than that. Your son should be congratulated on how she looks and how she is going - a labour of love I suspect with the odd bout of a hate relationship.

Nice to see a non-manipulated image (jpeg I assume). I've read some criticism of Ricoh jpegs but I think the GRD and GXR series produce great colour and even the humble PX can surprise some days.

Richard

 

[aquilon]

Richard ,
Actually the pics are from Raw files . Just the way they came up in Lightroom . I don't have any profile set either . Just whatever Lightroom came with from Adobe .

 

[Blow-in]

Richard ,
Actually the pics are from Raw files . Just the way they came up in Lightroom . I don't have any profile set either . Just whatever Lightroom came with from Adobe .

Thanks - how are the jpegs? There is a school of thought that the GXR A12 jpegs are hard to beat in raw....

Richard

 

[aquilon]

Richard ,
I guess I'm some kind of a freak . I never shoot JPG . I suppose I am under the impression that there is much more information with a raw file and that will allow me more options in Lightroom . Also , somehow I figure I am a better judge of how the photo should look than the Ricoh computer . I'm probably mistaken but that has been my premise .

 

[Tom Caldwell]

Richard ,
I guess I'm some kind of a freak . I never shoot JPG . I suppose I am under the impression that there is much more information with a raw file and that will allow me more options in Lightroom . Also , somehow I figure I am a better judge of how the photo should look than the Ricoh computer . I'm probably mistaken but that has been my premise .

Richard ,
I guess I'm some kind of a freak . I never shoot JPG . I suppose I am under the impression that there is much more information with a raw file and that will allow me more options in Lightroom . Also , somehow I figure I am a better judge of how the photo should look than the Ricoh computer . I'm probably mistaken but that has been my premise .

Great images!

What are the playbacks like? These are the jpg images that have been processed in camera. If you just let Adobe do its own thing with the raw file it just takes the instructions from the raw files and metadata and tries to make the raw file look exactly like the jpg the camera makes itself. Possibly Adobe does better but the GR jpg files are pretty good all on their lonesome.

There is good reason to shoot raw because if the image is not quite right then the raw data can be processed to rectify this.

Why don't you try raw+jpg. Nothing lost and it would be interesting to see just how well the Ricoh in-camera conversion compares to what Adobe can do. I am interested.

Tom