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*** July 2024 Image and Video Thread ***

Just a short video I took of my wife on her day out in Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

All video clips were shot in C4K 24p in V-Log profile on the Lumix S5II + 20-60mm kit lens and 50mm f1.8 prime. This was shot after I got Firmware 3.0 on my Lumix S5II so I was curious to test the new E-Stabilization (High). I didn't bring my tripod or any gimbal along for this shoot. I'm surprised with how well the stabilization works, I wasn't even trying to ninja walk to steady the cam, but it still looks reasonably steady. The heavy crop was a bit of a bummer though.

In the scenes taken in REXKL building, I forgot to change my white balance and it was set at 5600K. That made everything look orange and red due to their funky lighting. It took me a lot of effort to color correct everything and I could never really get it to look the way I want. Well a mistake is a lesson learned I guess.

 
lipwen said:
Just a short video I took of my wife on her day out in Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Fantastic, I really loved this! All very steady, great music and wonderful to watch the day out.
 
lipwen said:
Just a short video I took of my wife on her day out in Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

All video clips were shot in C4K 24p in V-Log profile on the Lumix S5II + 20-60mm kit lens and 50mm f1.8 prime. This was shot after I got Firmware 3.0 on my Lumix S5II so I was curious to test the new E-Stabilization (High). I didn't bring my tripod or any gimbal along for this shoot. I'm surprised with how well the stabilization works, I wasn't even trying to ninja walk to steady the cam, but it still looks reasonably steady. The heavy crop was a bit of a bummer though.

In the scenes taken in REXKL building, I forgot to change my white balance and it was set at 5600K. That made everything look orange and red due to their funky lighting. It took me a lot of effort to color correct everything and I could never really get it to look the way I want. Well a mistake is a lesson learned I guess.

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Very nicely done. Love your colors, pace and music Daumenhoch
 
lipwen said:
Just a short video
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Very good. Excellent actually.

I learned from the video how prevalent English is in KL. I did not know that.

I bet you won't forget to set white balance again.
 
Nevyn72 said:
Very nicely done. Love your colors, pace and music Daumenhoch
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Thank you Nevyn!

CharlesH said:
Very good. Excellent actually.

I learned from the video how prevalent English is in KL. I did not know that.

I bet you won't forget to set white balance again.
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Thanks Charles! Thankfully this was a mistake on a personal project and not a client job :p

English is still very prevalent in Malaysia, even more so in KL. This is due to decades of British rule from late 1800s to post WW2. There shouldn't be any language barrier visiting Malaysia.

Though Malaysians have a unique accent and slang when speaking English, we call it Manglish (Portmanteau of Malaysia + English), and it can sound a little bizarre for foreigners. And in Manglish we sometimes borrow words from Malay, Tamil, Mandarin, Hokkien, and Cantonese, due to the highly diverse society we have here. If you've visited Singapore and had a taste of Singlish, you'll know what I mean. ;)
 
Thought I would try out “shoot & share” with the S9.

I snapped this sunset photo from my backyard, transferred it to my iPhone with the Lumix Lab app and applied a LUT.

The sharing part was hampered by the upload limit on the forum here, so I shared it to Flickr and have dropped a link here.

The LUT is named Dramatic Blockbuster by Kotaro Kumzawa.

 
Just to add, the Lumix Lab app is really easy to use. It connects to the camera easily and smoothly, images are transferred to the smartphone quickly, and applying LUTs is just a couple of taps.

One problem though is that the exif data gets a bit scrambled. While the camera, the focal length and the ISO remain intact, other info is blanked out when the images is saved.
 
Pete_W said:
Just to add, the Lumix Lab app is really easy to use. It connects to the camera easily and smoothly, images are transferred to the smartphone quickly, and applying LUTs is just a couple of taps.

One problem though is that the exif data gets a bit scrambled. While the camera, the focal length and the ISO remain intact, other info is blanked out when the images is saved.
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Nice skies, but why not bring up the shadows at least a bit as that exposure latitude in FF begs for it, you're not M43 any longer! :p

If I said this in dpreview I'd get banned... What a horrible website that is... Giving me another 1 week ban but there is a Pentax mod there who hates me...

It looks underexposed, something that always happens to mine and noted in reviews but I put it down to me using the wrong exposure mode. I like to do the 'expose to the right' thing to get the most from the sensor. The S9 seems to be doing the same thing as S5ii... Loads of mine are under exposed SooC. I don't know but what you think Pete?

This would never happen if using a proper camera with real photons hitting your eye through an optical viewfinder... Yes the ban was because I rightly called this BS :D
 
Hey Oiche!

I was happy with the foreground being in silhouette to make the sky the main subject, so I didn't want to lift the shadows. The sky is a bit noisy too, probably because of the LUT. But it doesn't bother me as I was just trying to get a simple photo with the new kit.

As for the S5II under-exposing, I can't say I've noticed that. For many of my train photos where there are bright skies, shiny locomotives and deep shadows I use the zebras to stop from blowing out the sky and often end up with quite deep shadows that I need to lift. So I have been thinking that I (rather than the camera automatically) am probably under-exposing a bit and perhaps should not worry so much about the sky blowing out so I don't have to lift shadows so much.

Banned from DPR again!!?? Who'd have thought!! :eek::D I would just like to brag that I've not posted there in over a month now. Z04 Discosmilie Seriously, that place can cause brain damage there is so much disinformation and repetitive arguments, especially in the m4/3 forum and perhaps the Pentax forum by the sound of it. I liken the DPR forums to Monty Python's argument sketch...

Michael Palin: "Is this the right room for an argument?"
John Cleese: "I've told you once..."
Michael Palin: "No you haven't!"
John Cleese: "Yes I have!"

...and so on. That's what it's like.
 
I can understand Dirk's attitude for referencing dpreview forums outside his own interest in these forums he runs.

Again I was accused of personal attacks but I'm not like that... If nonsense is stated you should be within your right to say so... I believe it is called democracy. DPreview, at least some parts and mods have the cancel culture mentality.

All this OVF superiority stuff is better... Z04 Kaputtlachen
 
Pete_W said:
was happy with the foreground being in silhouette to make the sky the main subject, so I didn't want to lift the shadows. The sky is a bit noisy too, probably because of the LUT. But it doesn't bother me as I was just trying to get a simple photo with the new kit.
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Yip fine, good for trying the LUT output, I'm the typical RAW user trying for the best so all this LUT jpeg stuff is irrelevant. No landscaper is ever going to use this or expect 100% what they want from SooC.

I'm never going to be a SooC photographer, I'm from the Ansel Adams school of taking and then making the photograph. The LUT jpegers are a different breed of thought but we can use the same camera.
 
More Columbia River Gorge sailboarders from my visit to Hood River, Oregon last Friday. Another S5iiX 24MP image via my antique manual Nikkor 70-210mm lens at 210mm, ISO 640, 1/640th sec, f11.
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Another photo from my new S9, this one processed from RAW with DxO PhotoLab.

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  • Panasonic - DC-S9
  • 45mm F2.8 DG DN | Contemporary 019
  • 45.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/50 sec
  • Pattern
  • Auto exposure
  • ISO 1250
 
Pete_W said:
Hey Oiche!

I was happy with the foreground being in silhouette to make the sky the main subject, so I didn't want to lift the shadows. The sky is a bit noisy too, probably because of the LUT. But it doesn't bother me as I was just trying to get a simple photo with the new kit.
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I admit, I have something of a Thing for silhouette shots, so I have no problem with this. :)

Even with the silhouette as the main subject; there’s nothing wrong with making your subject a black outline, as long as it’s an interesting outline and has a decent background.
Pete_W said:
As for the S5II under-exposing, I can't say I've noticed that. For many of my train photos where there are bright skies, shiny locomotives and deep shadows I use the zebras to stop from blowing out the sky and often end up with quite deep shadows that I need to lift. So I have been thinking that I (rather than the camera automatically) am probably under-exposing a bit and perhaps should not worry so much about the sky blowing out so I don't have to lift shadows so much.
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Nah… admittedly, I have the preference above, but I’d far rather have crushed shadows than blown-out sky. Shadows can have interesting shapes, even if they’re too far gone to lift; there’s nothing interesting about a blown-out patch of white.
 
Travis Butler said:
Nah… admittedly, I have the preference above, but I’d far rather have crushed shadows than blown-out sky. Shadows can have interesting shapes, even if they’re too far gone to lift; there’s nothing interesting about a blown-out patch of white.
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That's fair enough. I guess it depends on how much sky is in the photo and where the shadows are placed. Some of the shadows I want to lift are part of the subject or close to it, for example the undercarriage of the train, or objects close to it like a station building.
 
Pete_W said:
That's fair enough. I guess it depends on how much sky is in the photo and where the shadows are placed. Some of the shadows I want to lift are part of the subject or close to it, for example the undercarriage of the train, or objects close to it like a station building.
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True; I hadn't thought of that. I think my mental filter subconsciously fit those into a 'sky doesn't matter' box.
 
A photo I took today of my friends at their 60th wedding anniversary party (you may need to click on it to see in full resolution). This is the first time I've used the S5iiX AF eye detect.
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  • Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
  • 50.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/800 sec
  • Center-Weighted Average
  • Manual exposure
  • ISO 320
 
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