I'm a wedding photographer and have been increasingly frustrated with especially skin tones with the D600. Ryan Brenizer in his review of the D600 said something similar about his D600--that it was different/and more difficult to deal with than his other cameras (D700 at the time). By the way, I've seen other threads on other forums regarding making Nikon colors look like Canon colors--but I feel D600 is even more difficult than say D700 and D4.
I know shooting in mixed light makes things more difficult, but even after hundreds and hundreds of hours of processing thousands of photos in lightroom, I still feel it takes way too much time to get the colors/skin tones I want. It's hard for me to describe, but this is the best way I can describe it.....I find skin tones to be either too desaturated or too saturated. It's very hard to find a right mix of orange, yellow, red.
Jordan Voth engagements - Jordan Voth | Seattle Wedding & Portrait Photographer is a good example of the processing style that I want (Canon shooter). I feel like it is impossible for me to get this style... I am very familiar with adjusting individual colors, luminance, saturation, hue, etc in LR. I also have all the popular filters such as VSCO 2, 3, 5 and Replichrome.
I happen to know that one of my favorite photographers who is a Nikon shooter switched recently from D700 to D600. www.dennisberti.com His color style definitely changed--it still looks great, but more saturated/vibrant--less neutral. As much as I like his work and Sam Hurd's work (Nikon shooter), I prefer the style that I mentioned.
I tried using the Camera Neutral color profile and that seems to help maybe a little.. One of the things that seems to help at least a little is lowering orange saturation and raising the luminance of orange. I just bought Colorfidelity color profiles specifically made for the D600 ($10) and hopefully this will help even more (I'll receive it in 24 hours).
Anyone have any advice on processing? The D600 is such a great inexpensive camera and I would hate to lose Nikon controls to switch to Canon, as I'm pretty heavily invested in Nikon with lenses. Feel free to check out my website as well, as that will give you an idea of my best work so far: Portland Oregon Wedding Photographer, Justin Lee Photography
I know shooting in mixed light makes things more difficult, but even after hundreds and hundreds of hours of processing thousands of photos in lightroom, I still feel it takes way too much time to get the colors/skin tones I want. It's hard for me to describe, but this is the best way I can describe it.....I find skin tones to be either too desaturated or too saturated. It's very hard to find a right mix of orange, yellow, red.
Jordan Voth engagements - Jordan Voth | Seattle Wedding & Portrait Photographer is a good example of the processing style that I want (Canon shooter). I feel like it is impossible for me to get this style... I am very familiar with adjusting individual colors, luminance, saturation, hue, etc in LR. I also have all the popular filters such as VSCO 2, 3, 5 and Replichrome.
I happen to know that one of my favorite photographers who is a Nikon shooter switched recently from D700 to D600. www.dennisberti.com His color style definitely changed--it still looks great, but more saturated/vibrant--less neutral. As much as I like his work and Sam Hurd's work (Nikon shooter), I prefer the style that I mentioned.
I tried using the Camera Neutral color profile and that seems to help maybe a little.. One of the things that seems to help at least a little is lowering orange saturation and raising the luminance of orange. I just bought Colorfidelity color profiles specifically made for the D600 ($10) and hopefully this will help even more (I'll receive it in 24 hours).
Anyone have any advice on processing? The D600 is such a great inexpensive camera and I would hate to lose Nikon controls to switch to Canon, as I'm pretty heavily invested in Nikon with lenses. Feel free to check out my website as well, as that will give you an idea of my best work so far: Portland Oregon Wedding Photographer, Justin Lee Photography
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