Camera Fun
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Does a given sharpening setting in the Neutral picture control produce the same level of sharpening as the same setting in the Standard picture control? Thanks.
Sharpening setting Neutral vs Standard picture controls?
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Don Kuykendall_RIP
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Yes, but you do have to set it for each picture control setting.
Are you shooting in JPEG?
Are you shooting in JPEG?
Camera Fun
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Yes; I am currently shooting in jpeg. Will possibly go to raw in the future once I feel more familiar with the camera.
Since you can recover a lot more of highlights and shadows while using RAW, I'd suggest you switch to raw ASAP. It will force you to experience post processing, but has not much to do with the camera itself, except having larger tone capture.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
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Shooting in JPEG vs RAW really depends on what kind of Post Processing you are doing. If you really don't want to do much processing then stick with JPEG since the camera will do much of it for you. The problem is you are letting the camera make all the decision. If you are already doing post Processing then you might want to go ahead and switch to RAW.
So what are you presently using for post processing?
So what are you presently using for post processing?
Camera Fun
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Right now I'm not doing any post processing. I've played around some with the view nx2 that came with the camera and I can see how a lot could be done with post work if shooting raw. It's also a time situation at this point. I'm a walk, then jog, then run type of person when it comes to learning things. I also haven't done any research on different computer programs yet to know if I want to stay with Nikon or go with something like Photoshop.
Don Kuykendall_RIP
RIP :(
What I would suggest at this point is that you shoot in JPEG Fine Plus RAW. Using ViewNX2 play with the RAW images making sure to try all the sliders just to see what effect they have on the photo. do you best to make the photo look like you want it to and then compare that photo to the jpeg straight out of the camera. Also shooting in Jpeg and RAW gives you the chance to go back a year from now when you have learned how to do post processing to go back and work the RAW images. I have gone back and reworked some photos that I was never quite happy with and gotten some great images out of them now by editing the RAW images.
It's a comfort thing, sure. But just do it. You'll be happy you did when you take that one amazing picture and it's actually in RAW.
It's really not hard, just dive in. That's the fastest, easiest way to learn.
Take a few shots of some ordinary things and mess about in there for awhile.
It's really not hard, just dive in. That's the fastest, easiest way to learn.
Take a few shots of some ordinary things and mess about in there for awhile.
I suggest shooting in RAW. I shot JPEG for the first year and wish I had shot RAW sooner. Basically I found it easier to get pictures to my family and friends because the JPEGS were much smaller files and faster to transfer. Then I realized that View NX2 allowed me to export and convert my RAW files to JPEG in a single batch. So now I import my RAW files to View and adjust them there (so many more processing options in RAW!) and then export them to a desktop folder as JPEGS. From there they are easily transferred to email, social media and photobucket etc.
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