Here's a few MX-1 shots from this week to start this off {} Friday the 13th by tilman paulin, on Flickr {} wet by tilman paulin, on Flickr {} street gutter by tilman paulin, on Flickr
Thanks Luke! It's not only me, but it's true that I usually 'nudge' the results a bit further. With the MX-1 I take the out of camera jpg and sometimes apply a very subtle helping of Niks HDRefex or use ColorEfex (ProContrast) to boost contrast. The colors are really nice out of the "box"
Beautiful shots, Tilman, and now I have more GAS. Mind you I've had GAS for the MX1 since its release. Just couldnt justify the purchase.
some more MX-1 shots {} Ecola State Park by tilman paulin, on Flickr {} frost by tilman paulin, on Flickr {} sunday drive by tilman paulin, on Flickr
Here's one of mine. I bought this on the recent sales, apparently clearance sales. It's a very fine camera. Straight out jpg This one was out of camera jpg with some contrast adjustments <a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/ryanshoots/29787799"><img title="Running Water" alt="Running Water" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/40/77/99/29787799.e1312331.jpg[/img]"750" width="1000" /></a> And from the same day with a little more wind <a href="http://www.ipernity.com/doc/ryanshoots/29787797"><img title="Blowing and Drifting" alt="Blowing and Drifting" src="http://u1.ipernity.com/40/77/97/29787797.0fb2ff79.jpg[/img]"750" width="1000" /></a>
Some randoms to revive this thread for the seemingly few who may have the MX-1. A Citroën in Seattle {} The infamous Green River {} Have kids, have crayons {} Japanese Maple perhaps? {}
Love all 3 but the third one takes my breath away - so sharp, vivid..it's almost like I was there ..it's like the picture bites the viewer. How did you get such impact, such wow, such Pop ? Do you think the software you mention gives more ... oomph than lightroom could / would ? love , just love that third shot ..errr as you may have gathered lol. I acquired an MX-1 today so looking forward to using it
'Congrats!' on your new camera, Mike! The MX-1 should be a lot of fun. And 'Thanks!' - I'm glad you like these shots I stopped using Lightroom (and pretty much shooting raw) with the MX-1, because I couldn't match the jpgs in regards to colour, noise reduction and detail. From all the raw converters I tried, Capture One worked best, but lacked the lens corrections, which was especially apparent with purple fringing. So in the end I decided to just shoot jpegs, which also speeds up the cameras operation and saves card-space (the dng files are fairly big and take some time to write to card, which sometimes freezes the MX-1 for a moment). I'm using the "vivid" camera-setting on the MX-1, which works great for outdoors shots (Apparently it creates problems with white-balance in tungsten light. So for indoors shots the "natural" (or "neutral"?) should be better). To add a bit more punch to some of the images (like the third one in my first post) I like to use the Nik Plugin Collection (now sold by Google). These work as plugins in Photoshop or Lightroom, so you could still use Lightroom in your workflow. The third one was processed in Nik HDRefex. What I usually do in HDRefex is to try the presets and pick the one which looks the closest to what I want - and then dial it back until it doesn't look too overcooked anymore. (Most of the time the presets are way too strong). Then I probably sharpened it in NikSharpener Pro which is also excellent (using Nik's U-points do do selective sharpening. With a lot of the effects you don't want to apply them equally on the whole image. The U-points are pretty great for that.) cheers, Tilman
Can't wait to see what you produce, Mike. I hope you'll let us see some of your work. And, may I request, more eye candy from Tilman, as well. And anyone else who has the MX-1! To keep things running.... An I'm-not-sure-of-the-name flower in a Kent, WA, USA, cemetery. {} I'm pretty sure this one's called Pieris. Kent, WA, USA {} Have no clue what this one's called, but it's smaller than my small pinky nail. Kent, WA, USA {} Sacrilegious perhaps that I don't know what some of these common plants are. Kent, WA, USA {}
Thanks for sharing these, dermaus! Beautiful shots! (I have the same problem with plant names. Thinking back to my childhood walks with my parents and how they knew all the names, I feel quite stupid But I'm slowly re-learning some names at least...)
Thanks, Tilman. I'm getting better at learning the names, too, but still a long way to go. When life gives me some extra time, I figure I can take a local botany class so I can impress my own kids!
Could those of you who have the MX-1 tell me what the screen is like in bright daylight? I've sworn never to buy a viewfinderless camera ever again... but if the screen is good, that could change. And I do see a lot of really nice shots from the MX-1
Hi, Sue. I think I agree with Luke regarding the screen. It's pretty much how I feel about all "screens" I've shot with outside. They are sometimes great, most times adequate, and sometimes horrible. I can kind of see where you're coming from and, at one point, was EVF militant. That is, a camera didn't get full cuddles from me unless it had an EVF, whether integrated or attached. Since then, I've allowed myself a little flexibility in the area, if only to see what I could create from cameras I had no experience with. Like many here, I have way too many cameras. Many have either integrated or accessory EVFs, but I have a few that don't. And while I'll have to wait for my ideal camera with a side-hinged, fully articulating screen along with an integrated, tiltable EVF like that in the GX7, I find that, at least with the cameras I own, I eventually find a way to gel with whichever one I happen to grab for that day, EVF or no.
