Film Styles / Color Profiles

[JayBird]

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I was looking at the settings for the film styles (std, vivid, natural). All the settings Contrast Sharpness and Saturation are set to standard. Is standard the same measurement for each film style (1 meter = 1 meter) or is standard relative for each film style (1 meter does not = 1 meter)? The reason I ask is I am not noticing significant differences between film styles. It may be that I have to go find some subjects with vibrant colors and do comparative photos.

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[wda]

If you are capturing DNG files, those settings are irrelevant which is what you are seeing.

[jaapv]

"Film styles" in a camera are a complete gimmick IMO. Not only are they JPG only; creating a certain "film-like" look, if you are into that kind of thing, can be done a hundred times better on a DNG in postprocessing.

[Bill W]

FWIW, I use vivid. I capture in dng plus jpeg. There are times when I just need out of camera jpeg and it is extremely nice.

[JayBird]

Thanks for the info. I typically capture both raw and jpg. I need to become serious about post processing with LR or other software.

[ramarren]

My camera is normally set to DNG only, so the film styles are of no value to me whatever. When I turn on JPEG output, I usually use Natural because that's the most pliable for editing with JPEG files.