Preferred jpeg settings for X Vario?

[Astropap]

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I'm taking my X Vario on a trip today and will not be able to bring my Mac.  That means I'll only be transferring jpegs to my iPad for review and some minor editing.  What settings do you prefer to get the sharpest jpegs with the best color?  Do you use any sharpening?  Add contrast or saturation?  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  I haven had much time to test the different settings yet.

 

Thanks

 

Amy

[Manoleica]

Hi, well first of all I hardly if ever do any PP on my iPad.. I use PicLab Studio (Straighten & Color) -- I would use a new SD card each day that way you can have back up.. D/Load daily to your iPad.. Then when you get home transfer from your SD cards to your Mac..  I turn Off All variations i.e. Vivid etc.. Camera set to Fine +1 -> Color, Sharpening..  Don't forget your charger & spare battery.. Format your cards before the days shooting.. Keep your iPad fully charged.. Looking forward to seeing your images.. Have a Safe Trip..  L

[Astropap]

Thanks for your response.  I'm planning to keep the DNG files to transfer to my Mac when I get home.  I just would like the best possible jpegs for use on the iPad.

[gbealnz]

I'd have to dig my X-V out to be sure, but right now I seem to recall everything set to "0" or the likes.  Maybe if anything, a slight increase in the "Sharpness" setting.

 

For most I shoot "Natural/Standard", but very very occasionally I will shoot "Vivid", but not often. More often than not I shoot the JPEG in "B&W", as I think this is an area where the X-V (and my X1) excel, mono.

 

If you are also recording the DNG, then you're set, as the basic JPEG won't need much if any post-processing, and what little it does require you can easily do on a tablet.

 

We did Europe last year, I took the X-Vario of course, plus the X1 as a back-up (and film, took the M6). Every day or so I transferred the files to the tablet, and was able to use them to upload to a private blog for the family to keep up with where we were etc. I was able to slightly play with the JPEGs within an editing program on the tablet. Most importantly though, there was a back-up of sorts on the tablet, and this was actually needed when a card my wife was using in her Fuji failed.

 

Gary

[mikeodial]

I have just got my X Vario. I use RAW plus JEG fine BW. I have been recently using the High Contrast settings and with a little in camera sharpening applied. This gives me a BW image to review which could be want I want directly, and a color RAW image to do what I want with in post. 

 

[wda]

I only use Jpegs for previewing potential mono pictures. So I use default setting and Fine. All my PP is based on my Raw files.

[Doc_P]

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B&w, high contrast, medium sharpening is my preferred b&w setting.

 

since i like color - de gustibus est disputandum - i do all my land- and cityscapes with setting vivid and sharpening to standard. even the medium sharpening setting is sometimes to much...

 

those ooc jpegs from leica are hard to replicate on ps, of couse, my ps skills are less than outstanding... most of those those ooc jpegs can be used with only minor tweaks in lr...

 

and a hint: take more sd cards with you and keep the dngs, for sure. sometimes you really have to use the dngs to extract the desired look...

[Astropap]

Thanks so much for responding.  I only brought my iPad with me on my trip so I wanted to get good jpegs, which I edited in the Lightroom iPad app.  I was very pleased with the output.  I kept all shots until I could download them onto my Mac.  I edit the dng files in Lightroom.  I find the colors to be very muted compared to the jpegs.  

[BAASCH]

Having recently switched from Fuji X100T to Leica X2 and X Vario, I am very much impressed by the jpegs these camera's produce. With not-too-sloppy exposure, the monochromes (I prefer 'high contrast') can rarely be improved upon — except when you want a different look, of course, then it's best to shoot RAW and develop the images yourself. The color jpegs ('standard') are also excellent, but here good exposure is critical.

 

There is a lightness (I wouldn't call it a 'glow') to the Leica images that makes even the technically unsharp often appear just sharp enough. Dark shadows, too, somehow display this lightness, this tonal acuity. Monday I have my first model shoot (portraits, figure studies) planned with the Vario, and I'm quite sure I will shoot everything JPG Extra Fine B&W high contrast plus DNG, and I might not need to use many of the DNGs.