Hi there,
I was just hacking some of the PP into my camera and noticed, that Color Temperature and Color Filter settings are missing on some of the PP. Cinestill X and a lot of others. What does this mean? Color temperature and color filter settings have to be set to what values in case the settings are not explicitely stated?
Thanks a lot in advance for clarification. Best, Patrick
Hi Alex,
Sorry for the delay. Thanks for the clarification. It would indeed be great for everyone if you could state this under the corresponding PP, even if it's the same text on everyone. It would be more clear. But of course it's a lot of work and up to you. I am still working on a PP that emulates the look of Platon / Cory van der Ploeg (former assistant of Platon) in-camera. This way, I can see what I shoot and just concentrate on B&W even after I take the color RAW and convert it to B&W either in Capture One, Photoshop or Lightroom... Any ideas about which settings I could use? Is there a graphical representation of what the settings in the PP mean, so I could grasp a littler more precise, which setting is doing what on the curve?;-) I will of course share some shots as soon as I have this figured out. :-D
Looking forward reading from ya!
Hei thanks for the feedback! I certainly understand this is provoking confusion, so let me explain.
Some of the Black n White recipe don't have the Kelvin Values because the temperature is not as important on those film recipes. Since they are Black n White the Kelvin Settings will have a very small influence over the final results. You can use AWB or set the temperature to 5500K and leave it like that.
Yes indeed, some Film Recipes like Kodak Tri-X have specific Temperature Values because Kodak Tri-X is a picture profile with a very strong color density. So color temperature differences will be more noticeable and will result in different image tonality.
Shooting with a high density film recipe at 3200K or 7000K will definitely make an obvious difference in contrast, while with low density Black & White recipes not so much.
Try it yourself to see the differences. Load up Kodak Tri-X and Delta 3200 B&W Recipes. Now set your temperature and toggle between 9900K-2500K. You will see the Kodak tri-x will be more affected by these extreme differences, while Delta 3200 will be affected but not so much, so to say, neglectable. And that is because film recipes with strong Chrome depth and density will be more affected of these kelvin shift compared to regular B&W film recipes.
These differences can be noticed only in these extreme conditions, but most people don't shoot 2500K or 9900K especially with Black & White, so I assumed for some of these recipe with low color density it's not important to set kelvin values, since in normal shooting conditions for example 4000K-7000K the differences are almost non existent.
But here you are showing me it's important, so thank you!
As a general rule if there are not specific temperature values, you can use AWB or just set it to 5500K and leave it as is.
I really appreciate you pointing out this detail, because there are also other Density High B&W Film recipes like the Cinestill X or MidRed Infra, which need but are missing the temperature settings.
I will fix and add the color values to all Black n white film recipes to eliminate the confussion.
Thanks again and can't wait to see your shots
share some of your images on the forum :D