IN-CAMERA RENDERING LAB

Shape the JPEG.
Keep the RAW.

Design restrained color and a full tonal response, preview it, then build the camera file directly. No file is sent to a cloud service.

Global effect

The forced look affects every Image Control, still JPEG, live view, and video. DNG data stays unchanged.

01 · RECIPE

Build the look

Checking

Recipe name

Starting point

Look strength 100%

NeutralFull recipe

Familiar color controls

Warmth 0

CoolWarm

Saturation 100%

MonochromeOriginal

Native hue rotation 0°

Counter-clockwiseClockwise

In-camera Hue dial

Wide ±90° Effects

Choose at most one mapping with hardware-proven endpoints. Wide sweeps +90° through 0° to −90°. Effects runs from monochrome through 25/50/75% chroma to normal, then rotates −45/−90/−135/−180°. Hue 0 is the exact identity entry, so it keeps the compiled recipe shown in this preview. Use fixed white balance for predictable neutrals.

Saturation and hue now use the camera's native, hardware-proven YCbCr output stage; their matrices preserve exact neutral grey. Warmth and look strength remain conservative white-preserving RGB matrix controls. Saturation boost above the original is intentionally unavailable.

In-camera Contrast dial Wide native range

Optional and hardware-proven. With the other native tone term neutral, it widens the camera's Image Control Contrast menu from generator levels −8/−6/−4/−2/0/+2/+4/+6/+8 to −12/−12/−8/−4/0/+4/+8/+12/+12. Contrast 0 stays exactly neutral; ±3 and ±4 intentionally share Ricoh's existing endpoints. This is separate from the compiled Contrast slider below.

Full tonal curve Enabled

Hardware-proven across the complete range. Positive Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights brighten that region; positive Contrast separates dark and bright tones. Every combination stays monotonic.

Shadows +15

DarkerBrighter

Midtones +8

DarkerBrighter

Highlights −20

DarkerBrighter

Contrast +12

SofterStronger

Fine highlight tail 50%

StockTested gentle limit

Advanced matrix 9 coefficients · rows must total 1

Checking conservative hardware limits…

02 · PREVIEW

Judge the direction

Approximate

Drop a photograph here

or click to choose · JPEG, PNG, WebP or TIFF · up to 32 MB

No photograph selected Preview is resized to 1800 px for speed.

Preview honestly.

The computer assumes linear sRGB. The camera uses an uncalibrated working space and its tone stage can react to the image histogram. Use this to choose a direction, not to predict an exact JPEG.

03 · BUILD FIRMWARE

Make the SD-card file

The server compiles the current controls against exact official v2.10, repairs both checksums, decodes the result again, and downloads FWDC239B.BIN. It does not flash the camera or write an SD card.

There is no recovery path.

A failed or incompatible flash can permanently brick the camera. The look is global: all Image Controls, still JPEG, live view, and video.

I understand that this experimental firmware can permanently brick the camera. Type I ACCEPT THE BRICK RISK

1 RecipeWaiting for validation
2 ConfirmAcknowledge both safeguards
3 BuildCompile and verify
4 DownloadFirmware and audit record

Confirm the risk to enable the guarded build.

Shape the JPEG.Keep the RAW.

Judge the direction

Drop a photograph here

Make the SD-card file

Shape the JPEG.
Keep the RAW.