This post might be considered an extension of yesterday’s post, “Tuesday Thoughts: Here’s Looking at You Kid” but you don;t have had to read that post to enjoy today’s topic. If you ave time, you might want to bounce back and check it out.
Today’s Post by Joe Farace
“Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing…”—
Today’s post specifically focuses on a feature found in Canon EOS DSLRs; I have only used one of Canon’s mirrorless camera, the EOS EOS M6 Mark II, and it has a limited selection of Picture Styles. In poking around on Reddit, it appears that the company’s R-series mirrorless cameras also have Picture Styles. If I’m right or wrong about this; please click CONTACT and let me know and I’ll update this post.
While shooters of other brands and systems might be unhappy about this singular focus, please keep in mind it’s just for today’s post. If nothing else, enjoy today’s featured photograph.
Canon Picture Styles
Canon’s Picture Styles are adjustable parameters that determine how your camera will process and render images and can be applied to JPEG (still) and MOV (video) files during exposure. They are permanent to the extent that the rendering is “baked in” to the image and can’t be completely undone.
Picture Styles can also be applied to RAW files, during or after exposure. For RAW files, Picture Styles only affects how images are rendered on the camera’s LED display. If you intend to convert RAW images to black and white, for example, the Monochrome Picture Style will provide a preview of the image in black and white while retaining all of the photograph’s original color information in the RAW file. (Monochrome JPEG or MOV images can not be converted back to color.)
How I made this shot: I photographed this 1957 Chrysler convertible at a previous SEMA show using a Canon EOS 5D Mark I with EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens (at 28mm.) Exposure was 1/2 sec at f/22 and ISO 800 and was shot using the Nostalgia Picture Style in the SOOC shot.
Any Picture Styles applied to RAW files can be changed or modified later using Can’s proprietary Digital Photo Professional software. When applied during post-processing, you can apply any Picture Style that you like, whenever you like. The Picture Style you choose will not become a permanent part of the rendering until you export the RAW file as a JPEG or TIFF file. This option is not available with many third-party applications, which often apply a preset rendering regardless of the Picture Style you’ve already have set.
If you have an EOS camera and want to experiment with Picture Styles, You can download some here.
Copies of my book Creative Digital Monochrome Effects is available from Amazon with new copies selling for $11.46 and used copies starting around eight bucks, way less than a trenta Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino at your local Starbucks drive-through. No Kindle version of the book was ever available, sorry