Hi there, it’s good to found out that Sony cameras are equipped with such a powerful tool helping photographers shoot JPEG SOOC, and so excited to bought recipes from Alex, who is so professional in color.
Yeah I’ve downloaded the PDF from the payment email and tried several recipes on my Sony A6400, and problems came out. I set every options as pdf says, and the colors seems so far from the example image above. After that, I watched almost all the shot tutorials on YouTube, knowing that is quite normal colors seem different on different machines and environments, and the colors need to be adjusted.
Sounds quite dumb that I am still confused how to match the colors after reading several blogs( Maybe my English is not good enough, and some of the videos lack subtitles 😂😂I’m Chinese by the way).
So here are what confuse me:
I see four color blocks under the example image, are they used for matching the color?
How should I adjust the options after I first set all the options as the pdf says?
Which colors are my targets? Which image should be the target? How should I know if my setting is close enough to the targets.
Suggested kelvin is provided, and looks like far away from normal figures , how should I adjust the kelvin and color filter to keep the color still correct after moving from an environment to another?
So sorry that asked so many questions, I just really don’t know how to use the recipes correctly. Hope I expressed myself clearly. Excellent job by the way, I wish explore a new world here, starting from use the recipes correctly 😁
Thank you Veres, the explanation is very helpful, as is all of your work. But: I',m not sure if it solves the problem. I have the same camera and probably issue. My problem is that I have neither the skill nor time to adjust all profiles/filters on my own. I'm a hobby photographer with a family, I just want to take nice pictures. I would love to have the time to invest into making a certain film recipe work, but I just don't. It is annoying enough that the picture profiles and white balance are stored separately in Sony, so "changing the film" requires choosing the PP and then adjusting the temp and filter, which cannot even be stored comfortably.
Basically, if I have to put a lot of effort into "translating" the recipes to my a6400, than it will be easier for me to not do it and edit the pictures later. Is there a forum or something in which people that already translated the recipes to certain models can exchange? I know you did this for some, but a6400 is not one of them.
This is not critique of your work, which is super awesome. I'm just trying to understand whether I can make film emulation work for me on Sony with an amount of work that is possible for me. Thanks!