[Makise Kurisu cosplay] Steins;Gate

### Recreating the Genius Girl with GFX100 II

When I first got this gear, I was wondering whether the cool lab lights and film texture could truly recreate that genius girl who spends all day immersed among vacuum tubes. This time, I used the GFX100 II paired with two lenses: the GF110mm f/2.0 and the GF55mm f/1.7. The former captured the calm temperament of that studio-like moment, while the latter beautifully absorbed the setting sun filtering through the blinds in front of the narrow console.

The medium format advantage of the camera body is particularly obvious in the shadow details. The waveforms on the oscilloscopes, the scanlines of the vintage CRT monitors, and the red thread clue map on the wall are all preserved perfectly clean, with absolutely no blurriness after cropping. You might notice the ID badge on my chest and the stitching of the tie knot; I personally adjusted the fit of the shirt so it wouldn't pile up with too many wrinkles when sitting. After all, the Assistant's standards for tidying her clothes are no lower than those for experimental data.

### Lighting Control & Authentic Textures

The sky darkened very quickly on the day of the shoot, so we simply used an LED with a softbox as the main light. Shined down from the side-top, it happened to let the edges of the hair strands show a reddish-brown sheen, while solidly grounding the texture of the leather shorts and stockings. The few shots standing in front of the server racks were actually behind-the-scenes tests for light positions, but they accidentally captured that exhausted look of having just finished a whole night of derivations.

When sitting in the folding chair looking at the screen, I deliberately crossed my ankles to form a diagonal composition between the edge of the boots and the flight case on the floor. In post-processing, I only slightly adjusted the color temperature without doing any body modification.

While the dynamic range of medium format definitely saved a lot of trouble in post-processing, what mattered more for this piece of Laboratory photography was the immersive Retro tech style laboratory set, where every knob and interface felt like it was telling a story. For me, the most interesting part of a Makise Kurisu cosplay from Steins;Gate is using real, tactile sensations to approach a fictional daily life, even if it's just for an afternoon of quantum fluctuation experiments.