Neocross R100
I feel like most people who know me, know I’m obsessed with colour. What a lot of people may not know is how much I am obsessed with black and white, especially in photography.
Over the last few years, one of my side-quests has been constantly developing the best black and white look for my own photography. Well I’ve landed on a new one and I’m excited to share the LUMIX ‘look’ which I’ve been shooting with constantly since. Introducing Neocross R100… it’s deep, sharp, flexible and I think has a really beautiful tone.
Check out more details and some examples (shot with the LUMIX L10) below…
This new LUMIX ‘look’ came about as I was testing my newest black and white LUT Orlock - which you’ll need and can download using the button below. When designing Orlock I studied a multitude of scans of different black and white film stocks, analysing them to see what I liked and what I didn’t. Neocross R100 was born out of the testing phase of Orlock as I changed different in-camera settings for using with this LUT.
To create this ‘look’ I combined Orlock at LUT Opacity 80%, with a base Photo Style of L.Monochrome D (my favourite black and white Photo Style of them all). I raised Contrast, softened the Highlights and deepened the Shadows to give it extra depth, added LOW Grain and a good bit of Sharpness.
A setting that I think makes this LUMIX ‘look’ work so well is having the i.Dynamic Range set to Auto. This increases the flexibility of the ‘look’ to make it adaptable in a whole range of different scenarios. You can shoot away with it, over-exposing, under-exposing, exposing correctly and the camera will adapt the ‘look’ to best suit the scene.
While testing Orlock, the LUT used for this ‘look’, something I spent a long time doing was playing with the Filter Effects. On LUMIX cameras you can choose between Yellow, Orange, Red, Green. I eventually choose to add a Red filter to this ‘look’ as one of my favourite black and white film stocks has this reduced red sensitivity too. This setting isn’t a must but it just adds that extra bit of flavour.
Neocross R100 has a permanent spot now on all my LUMIX cameras and I can see myself shooting with it for a long time. For all you black and white lovers out there, why not download Orlock and plug in all the other settings below to shoot with this ‘look’ for yourself…
Neocross R100
[by rossandhisjpegs]
Photo Style: L.Monochrome D
Contrast: +2
Highlights: -2
Shadows: -2
Color Tone: 0
Filter Effect: RD
Grain: LOW
Color Noise: OFF
Sharpness: -2
NR: -5
i.Dynamic Range: AUTO
White Balance: AWB
LUT 1: Orlock by rossandhisjpegs
LUT 1 Opacity: 80%
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