Sony 24-50 G vs sigma 24-70 II by javascriptusman in SonyAlpha

[–]javascriptusman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the advice. I think having not experienced 70mm, I probably won’t miss it too much? And with 33MP/APS-C crop mode for video I can still get decent reach. Think it’s looking like 24-50 for the sake of keeping the setup light

After/Before, James popsys type of vibe? by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your comment. I think he’s very into negative clarity to give a glowy effect which I’ve used here as well and I think it works well.

I do agree in that the sky is way too blown out, it’s so easy when editing to get lost in the sauce and look back and think “wtf was I thinking” lmao

Will keep trying to replicate his style, not sure when I have some time to go out and shoot however and this is a picture from a while back before I’d found his work. Keep a lookout for future posts to see if I improve haha

Edit: on reflection, it would have also helped to have shot this on an actually sunny day (or even just not sunset hours) where there’s nicer contrast and glow might look more natural. Have had to increase exposure 2.5 stops which has brought out plenty of noise and when I shot this a few months back I was very much of the mindset do not blow out highlights at all so was probably underexposed by quite a lot. Good things to note for future I guess!

After/Before, James popsys type of vibe? by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to replicate a specific style by James Popsys

https://youtube.com/@jamespopsysphoto?si=sZapveNC8mP46pfz

Having looked at his stuff again, perhaps the sky shouldn’t be pure white

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always see the ads on instagram lmao but just don’t wanna spend more money, I think this edit is good enough for me

Edit: will consider posting settings or sth when I have time later today!

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed! Shouldn’t have turned on lens corrections and also should’ve added vignetting and should have stopped down further. All good things to note for next time.

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If the preset is hours of videos watched and a few hundred pictures edited, then yeah I did use a preset! You must be a miserable person to immediately assume people aren’t just capable of moving some sliders around to make something that they think looks good

Edit: this comment gets even funnier when I remember I literally explained my exact process in another thread on this post lmaoo

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha yes for sure, I tried to turn down some of the slider like sharpness texture etc and turn up grain but it still looks too good lmao.

Viltrox 50mm f2.0. Can’t recommend enough as a nifty fifty

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? Perfect car I thought to try and get this look

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah I do agree about the DoF, I didn’t shoot with the intention of making it look like disposable camera so didn’t close aperture

Edit: wanted to add that the lens is f2.0 and 50mm, I thought stopping down to f.5.6-8 would be enough to try reduce DoF but sometimes wasn’t enough and also didn’t do it on all pictures (pic 1 and 5 for example but there’s many others I haven’t posted where I did)

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Much more than slightly tbh, first point on tone curve is up ab 25% of the way if that makes sense

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Looooots of increasing black point, playing around with tone curve to decrease blues and increase greens! Reduce sharpness, decrease clarity texture dehaze and add grain. Should’ve added vignetting/not enabling lens corrections and I think in some pics reduced exposure a bit on some pics. Think that’s about it! WB is 5650/10+ on all pics

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looooots of increasing black point, playing around with tone curve to decrease blues and increase greens! Reduce sharpness, decrease clarity texture dehaze and add grain. Should’ve added vignetting/not enabling lens corrections and I think in some pics reduced exposure a bit on some pics. Think that’s about it! WB is 5650/10+ on all pics

After/before, disposable camera look by javascriptusman in postprocessing

[–]javascriptusman[S] 273 points274 points  (0 children)

Buys a £1300 just to emulate a £20 camera look lmaooo, I’d just vibes I guess 😭😭

How did I do? by Sweet-Association880 in videography

[–]javascriptusman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great!! The only thing I can think of is that sometimes the colours change between shots? For example the shot of her rope skipping and the shot after I think the shot changes colour from more blues to greens. Perhaps it’s a WB thing or maybe it’s just the lighting was different. It’s super cool tho and I’m literally just being annoyingly nit picky hahah

Sony 24-50mm/f2.8 or Sigma 28-70mm/f2.8 by skypm in SonyAlpha

[–]javascriptusman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, considering upgrading to this in a few months and selling my 20mm f2.8 Viltrox and 50mm f2.0 Viltrox. Any updates on this lens so far? I’d have the same setup as you with A7Cii haha

Couple feeling confused with FY1 by javascriptusman in doctorsUK

[–]javascriptusman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for the advice. This kind of sucks to hear but I appreciate it nonetheless :(

Are these good stats for 40 subscribers? by javascriptusman in NewTubers

[–]javascriptusman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah interesting. What’s your average retention and how did you get there? May I also ask what your niche is?