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Equipment & Techniques => Digital Cameras & Shooting Techniques => Topic started by: dlashier on October 03, 2004, 04:40:56 am

Title: Colour Saturation and Colour Tone in camera
Post by: dlashier on October 03, 2004, 04:40:56 am

[font color=\'#000000\']> I am referring to raw only.

Again, these settings have no effect on raw captures. That's the idea of raw.

- DL[/font]

Title: Colour Saturation and Colour Tone in camera
Post by: 61Dynamic on October 04, 2004, 12:53:46 pm

[font color=\'#000000\']They are relavant to only jpg. You can set WB in-camera when shooting RAW to save yourself some time in post, but that's the only one. Saturation, contrast, sharpening, etc are all done in post either in the RAW converter or in Photoshop.[/font]

Title: Colour Saturation and Colour Tone in camera
Post by: Pazza on October 02, 2004, 11:29:40 pm

[font color=\'#000000\']Reading the specs on 1DsII noted you can set colour, tone and contrast in camera.  Any existing 1Ds, 1DII users have any feedback on this?  Do you find any quality loss by setting in camera?  Or best to do these adjustments in post?  I am referring to raw only.

Pazza[/font]

Title: Colour Saturation and Colour Tone in camera
Post by: Pazza on October 04, 2004, 07:51:26 am

[font color=\'#000000\']Thanks Don, haven't gone digital quite yet so need lots of advice.  So are these in camera controls really most relevent to jpeg?  With raw you wouldn't still use them to tune the output to your liking, say boost contrast a little to save time in post?

Pazza[/font]

Title: Colour Saturation and Colour Tone in camera
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on October 04, 2004, 01:56:08 pm

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[font color=\'#000000\']Thanks Don, haven't gone digital quite yet so need lots of advice.  So are these in camera controls really most relevent to jpeg?  With raw you wouldn't still use them to tune the output to your liking, say boost contrast a little to save time in post?[/font]

[font color=\'#000000\']I have my cameras set for minimum contrast and Adobe RGB. These settings have no effect on the RAW data itself, though if you use the camera maker's RAW converter they will usually be used as default conversion settings (which you are free to ignore if you wish). What the camera settings DO have a profound effect on is the histogram the camera displays. If you are shooting RAW, it is best to set the camera so that the camera histogram matches the RAW data as closely as possible. Since the RAW data contains more dynamic range and color gamut than will end up in the in-camera JPEGs, it is best to set the camera to the lowest contrast setting and widest gamut setting (Adobe RGB) to reflect this as closely as possible.

See http://visual-vacations.com/Photogr....ies.htm (http://visual-vacations.com/Photography/exposure_metering_strategies.htm) for a more detailed explanation.[/font]