I thought it might be interesting to separate my film simulation recipes by Dynamic Range setting. There are a ton of different ways that one could organize these, so I thought it might be helpful to somebody to see them in various arrangements. Maybe you’ll see one that you haven’t considered using before, or maybe a certain setting will stand out to you that never crossed your mind before. I don’t really know, but you never know, so I’m just going to do it. To start with, I’m separating the film simulation recipes by DR setting. Below are all of my recipes that use DR400:
See also:
DR200 Film Simulation Recipes
DR100 Film Simulation Recipes
DR-Auto Film Simulation Recipes
Hi Ritchie,
First of all, thank you so much for all the contents. I’ve been enjoying them extensively.
I’ve got a question that I think you would be the best person to answer it.
I use X-E3 to shoot raw and the X Raw Studio to apply your recipes in post. It seems that if I shoot a raw with DR200, I will not have the option to change it to DR400 in post, which then means that I will not be able to apply some of your DR400 recipes perfectly.
Now if I want to have the greatest flexibility to apply any recipes in post, should I be shooting everything with DR400 in the first place? What would be the cons of doing that? I would love to know your view on this!
Thank you so much!
You cannot use a DR higher than what you shot with, only lower. To have every Recipe available for reprocessing, you might consider using D-Range Priority Strong.
The cons of using DR400 (or D-Range Priority Strong) all of the time is that it means you’ll be reprocessing your photos. My top recommendation is to use the Recipes that you want to use in the field. Not only will that help visualize what you’ve got (and plan the composition accordingly), but it will save you a lot of time later. However, if that workflow doesn’t work for you, using DR400 (or D-Range Priority Strong) all of the time so as to reprocess later is an option.
Thank you Ritchie ❤️