16bits Linear Conversion

by Wheelie

EOS D60 - Sigma 28-70mm EX 2.8

 

The original CRW file was converted from RAW to 16bits TIFF with YARC+

I ran the obtained Tiff files through :

Colin Walker's Linear Developper for D60

Fred Miranda's LP batch for D60

Pekka Saarinen's LS D60 beta2

I used the ' normal ' settings where available , without any further tweakening ( USM , Levels , Curves , etc ) to show the obtained results as neutral as possible . Improvements can be made to achieve personal choices on every image .

 

Original CRW file

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Colin's normal saturation

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Auto Contrast ( PS )

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Levels & Curves adjust

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Fred's normal Saturation  normal Sharpening

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Auto Contrast ( PS )

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Levels Adjustment

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Fred0.jpg (117934 octets) Fred0crop.jpg (115894 octets) Fred1.jpg (125418 octets) Fred1crop.jpg (123542 octets) Fred2.jpg (129051 octets) Fred2crop.jpg (127420 octets)
Pekka's Convert & Sharpen Medium

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Saturation +5  2x

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More Contrast function

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Pekka0.jpg (125299 octets) Pekka0.crop.jpg (128775 octets) Pekka1.jpg (126923 octets) Pekka1crop.jpg (130337 octets) Pekka2.jpg (129763 octets) Pekka2crop.jpg (133090 octets)

 

PowerShovel by Luc Minnebo is a CRW decoder not using Canon's SDK . It doesn't need prior RAW conversion as the other converters above .

Settings used : VNG(G) chr

                        WB : Camera Value

                        Keep Highligts

                        Clamp Red Highligts at 220

                        Gamma or Color LUT 1.0

                        Output Format : 16bits

                        Tif out

                        Sharpening : Radius 1.0

                        Intensity : 800

                        Sharp Control : 40

                        Edge Control : 20     

Original CRW file

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Normal conversion

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Curves adjustment

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              Mskad made a very interesting comparison of sharpening using different converters .

              Another approach to Linear Conversion

              Canon D60 Raw Processing

              YarcPlus + Colin's D60 Linear V3.0 action