nycdude wrote in post #18837684
I have an X-T30 coming in June. As a Sony user primarily I got one for either my daughter, my fiancé, or myself to use when the need for lighter/more compact gear is called for. Traveling, etc. My question is do you guys usually shoot jpeg and use a film simulation or something like that? I really dig the fuji colors that I've been seeing during my research. OR do you guys shoot raw and edit. My normal workflow is raw with my sony then process in lightroom. But if a jpeg looks awesome and can be easily shared with family, friends, social media, SOOC then that's awesome too. Is that legit?
I think most of us edit the RAWs with whatever RAW processor suits our fancy.
You can still have the great Fuji color presets as a starting point using Lightroom, Capture One, and several others. I usually edit my shots using a film simulation preset in Capture One as a starting point.
That said, the JPEGs are in deed very good. I frequently use my cameras RAW processor to convert RAWs I like on site and send them to my phone for social media. Most of the shots in the past couple of years on my Instagram for example, were SOOC JPEGs created in camera and then sent to my phone to be uploaded.
https://www.instagram.com/lucas_g_photos/
Here's some examples of a processed RAW with Capture One vs the in camera JPEG conversion I had made prior. I made my best shot at remembering which conversion tweaks I made to each one in camera, I have no way to recall exactly what I did, but it should be close based on how I usually edit RAWs in camera.
SOOC JPEG (I believe it was Provia, +2 sharpness, -1 highlights, -4 noise reduction; that's usually my base point)
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Lucas, on Flickr
C1 RAW edit (I believe I used the Pro Negative High film simulation as a starting point)
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2bmmnKU October2018 100 by
Lucas, on Flickr
SOOC JPEG (I think this one was the same as above, though highlights may have been pulled to -2)
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/28EAuGd Beach2018 143 by
Lucas, on Flickr
C1 RAW edit (I can't remember how I processed this one)
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/28ECVME Beach2018 124 by
Lucas, on Flickr
SOOC JPEG (I believe this one was ACROS Y, +3 sharpness, +1 shadows, -4 noise reduction)
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/22SnBm9 DSCF2307 by
Lucas, on Flickr
C1 RAW edit (I believe this one was again the ACROS Y film simulation as a starting point)
IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/22SnCdQ DSCF2256_1 by
Lucas, on Flickr
Sometimes I look at the JPEG after editing and realize that I actually prefer the SOOC JPEG, the last example of those 3 is one such image, though the C1 edit would likely print better which I think was my original intention (my sister ended up not loving the shot as much as I did so I didn't print it for her). I have a tendency to get ahead of myself sometimes when processing and push the file too much... seeing the SOOC JPEGs remind me to tone it back.
Whether or not you can shoot exlusively with JPEG is really only something you can answer. The JPEGs hold up fine to basic edits. I always keep the RAW incase I need to make big color changes, or adjust shadows/highlights though.
), I was mind blown at how wide my friend's Laowa 10-18mm was, and how close it focused. He could pretty much touch the front element to the glass and still have the entire glass and above/below it in the frame. 
… better luck next time
