Uli Plank wrote:I forgot to add the smiley, but I wrote "looks like…". They all try to compete with that illusionary sharpness, which is even more ridiculous if one offers UHD.
You seem a bit obsessed with Apple’s approach (even when they give you the option to opt out).
As far as I can remember (since digital saw daylight) all manufacturers have added their “spice” to jpg (and later videos) in one form or other - certainly involving sharpening too in addition to heightened contrast and saturation - whether, we”re talking Minolta, Canon, Olympus, Sony, Panasonic and a host of other brands now gone and mostly forgotten.
I see nothing wrong with manufacturers striving to deliver “looks” out of camera, that users seem to want, many even demanding.
We can avoid that, by using RAW, log etc., but the funny thing is, that many people simply do not find the hazzle involved worth the outcome.
In the”good old film days”, things were far worse in many respects, especially sharpness, when going back to my days before autofocus - even when reportage was not involved.
On - for example - the iPhone, I can decide to use HDR instead of Log, and be pretty sure to nearly always have a “usable” result in adverse conditions and light. The outcome is heavily manipulated and “rebalanced” plus “denoised”. So be it, if that’s what it takes to get the results. Choosing log instead in some adverse situations - once in a lifetime travel at night comes to mind - only virtually guarantees a plethora of non-recoverable results.
So, I’m not a true believer in log in all conditions.
Have tried extensively. Today it only becomes a question of “knowing your tools” and their benefits and limitations in situations, I can NOT control.
Don’t get me started on “old farts” simply loving color space rec.709. I’m an “old fart” simply loving the option to use even “subset” Rec.2020 as a base requirement. Just as the fairly recent Lightroom Classic option to work in extended colorspace has brought new life into tens of thousand old RAW images taken the last twenty or more years. Not false colors, but the option to use information actually stored in RAW. I’m also a sucker for using ProRES RAW in controlled environments (only).
My target media is modern and potent screens, not paper or “old TV”.
That’s my preference. You may differ loudly. Won’t alter a thing. I still listen, test etc. but will continue to make my own decisions for my use cases.
In essence, it’s a case of taste. I, you and others may not share the same preferences and taste, but if you absolutely want to repeatedly complain “loudly”, at least attribute the correct manufacturer (in essence, I don’t really believe, that you forgot the smiley
Regards and LOL!
P.S. Sorry for the many words, but you hit a nerve as dear to me, as log is to you.
Thu May 02, 2024 5:05 am
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