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As a photographer, emulation like this is of great interest to me. Like in cinematography, film is often held in high regard in photography with the caveat that
by Etheryte 4y ago
As a photographer, emulation like this is of great interest to me. Like in cinematography, film is often held in high regard in photography with the caveat that it isn't even remotely as flexible as digital options.
Have you considered creating a parallel product as an Adobe Lightroom plugin and/or a standalone app for still images?
- buildbot 4y agoI second this, many photographers would be very interested, myself included.
- photoGrant 4y agoPut a DNG into Resolve, enjoy a node based workflow, use this plugin, and export the frame at the same res :)
- buildbot 4y agoOh cool, for some reason I did not expect resolve to support DNGs!
- dylan604 4y ago[flagged]
- buildbot 4y agoYou do sound a bit rude. It’s certainly not a given. I know probably more than most here about DNGs and other image processing. Check my profile/websites. I have a camera that shoots cinemaDNG, but I would not necessarily expect resolve to support a single dng frame. Plenty of dumb things out there, and no need to be snarky when someone learns something.
- photoGrant 4y agoIndeed! A lot of the software is divided at most by 'industry verbiage' than it is genuine interop... Love your website/blog... Phase deserve pinning every now and then ;)
- buildbot 4y agoThank you! Phase gear is much more affordable these days with the x1d/x2d and GFX series eating their lunch a bit :) Plus you still get Capture One for free still with them...
- photoGrant 4y agoIt's the fact they're all dog slow that levels the playing field, at least for me! I have a 907X and it's a love hate relationship... Down to the log files being encrypted.
- buildbot 4y agoIndeed! I have been really tempted by a 907x… Sad to hear they are so locked down. The IQ series has plain text logs at least! And the IQ4 is linux…gpl… ;)
- photoGrant 4y agoI definitely bin walked those files! Spent a decade as a DIT and flew around with everything from the p45 to the iq150 over the years!
- t0bia_s 4y agoNot usable in hard workflow.
- thejarren 4y agoMy understanding is that you can edit images inside of Davinci Resolve just like video, though I haven't attempted it myself.
- wilg 4y ago> Have you considered creating a parallel product as an Adobe Lightroom plugin and/or a standalone app for still images? Yes.
- rayshan 4y ago+1 on this as well, been looking for something since VSCO Film sunsetted. Also open to any recommendations from other film simulation for photography too!
- komali2 4y agoIf you're down to try new systems you can pick up a Fujifilm xe2 for about 250$, plus a good prime for another 250$, then shoot jpeg + raw and play with Fuji's built in film sims and in camera raw conversion settings to get remarkably film like photos. It's a whole thing in the Fuji world, see http://fujixweekly.com/ http://fujixweekly.com/ I'm not sure if the xe2 is compatible but you can also edit "on-computer" by having the camera plugged in and using its on camera raw conversion but with the UI on your computer: https://fujifilm-x.com/global/support/download/software/x-raw-studio/ https://fujifilm-x.com/global/support/download/software/x-ra... For system agnostic, there's also tons of plugins, profiles, dstyles, LUTs and whatever else you'd like https://github.com/jade-nl/dt.styles https://github.com/jade-nl/dt.styles https://marcrphoto.wordpress.com/ https://marcrphoto.wordpress.com/ https://onecameraonelens.com/2021/01/12/why-darktable-is-perfect-for-fujifilm-users/ https://onecameraonelens.com/2021/01/12/why-darktable-is-per... I basically don't edit photos anymore now that I'm with Fuji. It's not like I'm artistically opposed, the extra step was basically ruining photography for me, I simply don't have the time. I still shoot jpeg + raw though because I may be lazy but I'm not insane :p
- chrstphrknwtn 4y ago> [film] isn't even remotely as flexible as digital options I've pretty much only ever shot film, so my opinion isn't worth much, but colour negative seems to be way more flexible than digital if all you're talking about is the capture. In terms of using film in modern workflows, digital is easier.
- coolandsmartrr 4y agoBy flexible, do you mean the dynamic range?
- chrstphrknwtn 4y agoYes, negative film is very tolerant of overexposure in a predictable way. But I never shoot low-light scenes, and as far as I'm aware the inverse is true in circumstances where you're trying to extract as much as possible from limited light, ie. digital is more flexible when underexposure is a concern.
- perardi 4y agoHm? More flexible? Besides dynamic range, that’s a real stretch to say color negative film is more flexible. That sort of film arguably does a better job of preserving highlights, but I don’t see a plausible argument for any other aspect being better. Just getting the white balance right alone…
- chrstphrknwtn 4y ago> Besides dynamic range, that’s a real stretch to say color negative film is more flexible. Yes, I suppose you're likely right. And like I said my opinion probably isn't worth much. At the end of the day they're just different, and have a lot or nothing to do with each other depending on how you frame things.
- kqr 4y agoFilm does not have more dynamic range than good digital sensors. In the end, it's about faithfully recording which parts of the site got hit by photons. Digital sensors do that more accurately than any practically-sized strips of plastic with silver grains on them do. Both in terms of location (resolution) and amount (dynamic range). It's true film handles blown highlights better, but not that much better, and digital handles underexposed shadows significantly better.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 4y agoCame here to ask the same question, thank you!
- imaginamundo 4y agoI don't know if it would be good enought for you. But some cameras you can try to simulate film simulations (I own an X100V, but there are many options). It is not perfect but I love the results, one source material that I like is https://fujixweekly.com https://fujixweekly.com that have recipes for simulations for fuji, but there are some other resources for Ricoh and Nikon cameras.
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- azov 4y agoYou may be interested in checking this out: https://www.dehancer.com/ https://www.dehancer.com/. I believe they have Adobe + Da Vinci plugins for film & video (and maybe a standalone app as well. At least they used to when I played with the beta, but it may be plugin-only now, I’m not sure). As far as I remember, they try to do some physically accurate emulation as well. The founder is a big fan of film photography and also runs some interesting gigs (like, repackaging cinema film for use in still cameras) - also blogs about color and film photography.