B&W Portraits from an old Lumix GF1

[Paul Taylor]

I have a few of these cameras, and love them. They are cheap and plentiful and I really like the B&W "Dynamic" mode with a few tweaks to make the pics a bit more dramatic. These were taken with the Lumix 14mmf2.8 Pancake lens, JPEGs straight out of the camera.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Seriously good shots, Paul. Impressive.

 

[Brian Moore]

Wonderful stuff, Paul. You mentioned "a few tweaks" to make the pictures more dynamic, but you also said these are JPEGs straight out of the camera. What tweaks are you making? Thanks.

 

[Paul Taylor]

With the Lumix cameras (And I am sure others) - when you select one of the built in JPEG modes (Natural, Vibrant, B&W, Dynamic B&W, etc) you have a little control over the "filters" via the camera's interface where you can adjust contrast, saturation, etc.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

Great portraits and it's great that you made them with a Lumix GF1. I have a G1 bought new when the year it was launched, ser. # 1006, which I use just for black and white, as you indicated. It is still a good camera.