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Anyone have contrast problems with th Nikon D70 ? Sep 07 05 01:18 am Link Too contrasty or not contrasty enough? Sep 07 05 01:19 am Link Not enough. Sep 07 05 01:22 am Link I'd shoot it RAW and set the contrast in PS import ... Sep 07 05 01:33 am Link Can you do it in jpeg fine ? Sep 07 05 01:37 am Link Shoot in vivid. Sep 07 05 05:26 am Link The data's always there, James. Auto-Levels/Levels will usually bring back the shot you thought you took, lol. Frankly, I've had more problems scanning low light, monochromatic slides than I've had shooting with the D70, but virtually everything I shoot benefits from a little bit of editing to tease out as rich a picture as may be available from the digital file. Sep 07 05 07:45 am Link Thanks Sep 07 05 08:59 am Link alfred spada wrote: I have my tone set to normal. I used to use Auto but I was very often adjusting contrast during PP. Now that I have it on normal, I do this less often. Sep 07 05 09:21 am Link You may also want to consider tweaking a custom curve and upload it to your camera. Sep 07 05 09:22 am Link you can always customize it a little on camera then shoot raw i shoot in adobe color space because you get more color range but you lose it when you convert it for web anyway Sep 07 05 01:18 pm Link DigitalCMH wrote: Hey Dig... how do you do that? I just bought a D-70s... still learning about 'the tweaks'... thanks! Sep 07 05 01:23 pm Link  Nope, no contrast problems. Nail the exposure, shoot RAW to give yourself as much headroom as possible, and it shouldn't be too hard to bring it back in processing. Right now I'm using ARC for my RAW conversion but I'll try Capture eventually. Sep 07 05 03:02 pm Link Can you post one of the photos your talking about with details of the shoot. I just wanted to see what your talking about. I have been working on settings with my D70. Sep 07 05 03:12 pm Link Select Models wrote: To tweak curves or upload custom curves, you must have Nikon Capture. Sep 07 05 03:15 pm Link Thats a nice photo .....I gotta do more editing. I dont do any now hardly except for my logo. I dont even use capture, used it twice i think then switched over to PS. Sep 07 05 03:39 pm Link I haven't shot with the D70, but the D1 and D2 series cameras always needed saturation during post. Especially the D1. It uses an NTSC color space that SUCKS. Sep 07 05 04:02 pm Link Peter Dattolo wrote: I didn't like ACR; Capture is a memory whore though, but I work well with it and then import into Phothoshop for final tweaking and special effects. Sep 07 05 04:59 pm Link alfred spada wrote: Here's a link for you: http://www.digitalkb.com/nikon/d70/tone … my_curves/ Sep 10 05 04:41 pm Link Peter Turner wrote: Good point on the free trial...but FYI for those that don't know, you can only upload one curve at a time. Also, you are not required to use that curve. I have a curve uploaded to my camera for almost a year and I haven't used it since about December. I wasn't getting enough contrast with my custom curve so I went back to built-in camera settings for my tone (which is normal). Sep 11 05 11:40 am Link 80% of the shots on my page are from a nikon d70, with little post production. Sep 11 05 02:42 pm Link Hi guys! I have now played with and tested just about every custom image optimize setting in the D70 and settled on the following: sharpening +1 tone normal color Ia sarturation enhanced hue 0 I think vivid is nice but I really like the custom settings above. That said, try shooting using the 'shade' WB setting. I got some great info from: http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d70.htm Best, Bryan Sep 13 05 03:09 pm Link Those are MY settings, give them back! Sep 14 05 10:28 am Link I can not even begin to stress this enough... Shoot RAW! I shot jpg for a year, bought a new Mac, tried RAW on one shoot and have never gone back to jpg since. Seriously... If you can get into the RAW workflow it will be the best thing you have done. Cheers, Zack Sep 14 05 10:35 am Link lol CMH. Interestingly, I walked down to the beach last night and shot some tests. That WB really makes a dramatic difference in the warmth of the shots. I really am liking WB set at Auto -3. Direct Sunlight -1 was a close 2nd. Sep 14 05 10:57 am Link Well...actually, for the WB, I preset my WB with an expodisc. But the rest of the stuff is the same  Sep 14 05 02:55 pm Link cheater Ok I was referring to just shooting but yah for a shoot obviously. Expodisc - is that like a grey piece of cardboard?  Sep 14 05 02:58 pm Link I shoot RAW and use Photoshop CS2's Camera Raw processor which is absolutely the bee's knees. Sep 14 05 03:04 pm Link |
