EOS 5DS R Style Settings for Sculptural Detail

[hvulpus]

Hi,

I am about to set off with my 5Dsr on a long shoot of Romanesque churches in France, with special focus upon the fineness of sculptural detail.  My goal is capturing both the sharpness of sculptural detail and the texture or feel of the stone.  I am, however, at somewhat of a loss when it comes to setting the Style.  I notice that among the various options of Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, there are subsettings of Sharpness and Contrast, Saturation, and Color Tone.  Under Sharpness there are the categories of Strength, Fineness, and Threshold.  Can anyone on the Forum or the Moderator from Canon explain what these three terms mean in terms of Sharpness? Or, can anyone suggest a custom Setting, as this, too, is possible.  I will be using a tripod and shooting at ISO 100, so no need to worry too much about noise.

Thank you so much.  Howard

[jrhoffman75]

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@hvulpus wrote:

Hi,

I am about to set off with my 5Dsr on a long shoot of Romanesque churches in France, with special focus upon the fineness of sculptural detail.  My goal is capturing both the sharpness of sculptural detail and the texture or feel of the stone.  I am, however, at somewhat of a loss when it comes to setting the Style.  I notice that among the various options of Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, there are subsettings of Sharpness and Contrast, Saturation, and Color Tone.  Under Sharpness there are the categories of Strength, Fineness, and Threshold.  Can anyone on the Forum or the Moderator from Canon explain what these three terms mean in terms of Sharpness? Or, can anyone suggest a custom Setting, as this, too, is possible.  I will be using a tripod and shooting at ISO 100, so no need to worry too much about noise.

Thank you so much.  Howard

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Canon Professional eXchange - New Picture Style and Sharpness parameters for Ultra High Resolution

[hvulpus]

Wonderful article.  Thanks so much.  Howard

[shadowsports]

John ,

Great article. Thank you for posting.  👍

[Tronhard]

The EOS 5DsR  is a great camera - I have one myself and with good lenses and the right settings will render excellent results for your purpose.

I would strongly suggest shooting in both RAW and JPG for your shoots.  The article on Picture Styles is excellent and will apply to JPG files, but styles do not apply to RAW images, which record far more detail that allows significantly more adjustment in post production, including bringing out fine details and texture.   In that context, using programs like Photoshop and Lightroom in conjunction with AI programs like deVinci Sharpen AI will have very significant results.

Shooting in both means that you can hedge your bets and you have nothing to lose by doing so.   I would use good-sized cards 64GB if you can and record to both to allow a backup.  Download your images to a computer each day, then format the cards clean in the camera for the next day's shoot.  Use only full-size SD cards (not the micro with adapters - they are unreliable) and well respected brands like Lexar, SanDisk, or Prograde.  Note CF cards are not the same as CF Express cards and the latter will not work on your 5DsR.

[hvulpus · Accepted solution]

Dear Tronhard,  Thanks so much.  I do have good glass, shoot in Raw and JPEG, and just did a test on the sculpture around my brick fireplace with my 24-70 L II, manual focus.  The Auto and Standard styles come out the sharpest, with the Fine Detail no sharper, though the color tones are different.  I didn't try the Portrait.  However the Neutral and Faithful are blurry in comparison to the Auto, Standard, and Fine Detail.  Again, thank you so much for sharing your expertise.  Howard