LCD View Finder

Bigpudd56

New member
Hi: Am new here. Can anyone tell me what brand of back of the camera LED view finder they have used that fits the d800 well, and is of good quality. Thank You.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
Welcome aboard. Enjoy the ride.
We look forward to seeing more posts and samples of your work.

I assume you really mean what brand of screen protector for the rear LCD screen. I use a Vello on my D7200 and assume they make one for the D800. You will probably hear that a lot of users skip and protector completely. It's you call.
 
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Bigpudd56

New member
Dear Mr. Harritt and Mikew: Thank you for welcoming me to the board, and answering my post. I wrote back this morning , but some how it did not go threw. Excuse me for not being clear in my post. What am looking for is something like the Sevenoak SK-VF Pro 1. A 3.2 inch LCD viewfinder, for the back of the D800. I have read in other post that some of these viewfinders do not fit correctly on the camera, and you cant get to the control buttons correctly. I was hoping someone on this board has bought one that fits well, Is of good quality, and is at a modest price. There are many brands out there, and there advertisements are not always as stated. I don’t want to buy one, and then send it back. Thank you so very much for your time, and have a very nice day.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
First, just call me Brent or Biker. New doing a search on the Sevenoak SK-VF Pro, it is not at all what I was talking about. I have no experience with what you are talking about, sorry.
 

Bigpudd56

New member
Hi Bernt: It is used for just like looking into the camera viewfinder with a eye cup so as to not let any light, or glare obstruct a clear view, but instead you can use it for your LCD screen. It will allow you to see the correct exposure when you have it on move live view mode. You can also use it in live view photography mode, and zoom in on different areas of the screen to see if your background and foreground are in focus. Before you take the shot . But like I said. There are so many brands out there that clam it can do this and that. And find out it’s not true, I just don’t want to go thru the hassle. by the way, I have been shooting with film for many, many years. I got tired of doing darkroom work with all the chemical, and developing film. I just got the D800 at the begging of this year. This is my first digital camera. WOW what a learning curve. But I like it. Am using Lightroom cc6 , and Free Google NIK software. With a Canon Primx Pro-100 printer. And a Datacolor Spyder 5 Studio calibration system for display ,and printer. Am still having trouble getting correct color balance. By the way do you shoot in RAW or JPEG. I shoot RAW. I want full control, just like film, and manual cameras. I was looking at your photos, and you seem to have gotten good control of color balance, color separation , and exposure . The black & whites have very good tone separation . Am into black & white. I will continue to call upon you, for your insight, yes, I will be picking your brain. And by the way. Am 61 y/o and retired also. And you can call me Peter. Talk to you later. By.
 

Bikerbrent

Senior Member
First off, yes I shoot in RAW. I use Photoshop CC6 and the NIK software. I believe your Lightroom CC6 will read the D800 camera raw, is this correct? I won't go into great detail on how I process my photos as a lot depends on the calibration of your monitor (which should not be an issue since you have the Spyder 5 calibration system). The next big issue is the calibration of your own eyeballs, which you will just have to work with through trial and error. I do not know how different Lightroom and Photoshop CC6 are at processing, as I have never used Lightroom, but hopefully they are similar.


I first process the photo in Adobe Camera Raw and adjust the white balance here. I usually shoot with auto white balance and toggle between the as shot and preset white balance to determine which I prefer and tweak it if necessary with the various sliders to get the effect I want. Then I apply the lens correction feature of Camera Raw if available for the lens I used.


Then I open the image in Photoshop, from Camera Raw. I then apply level adjustment to make sure the histogram fills the frame left to right. Then I will toggle the Auto Tone, Contrast, and color and either accept or reject them as desired. I may also apply other adjustment toggles as needed.



At this point, I may crop or straighten the image as needed.


Then I will go into the NIK filters and apply Color Efix Pro filters as desired, commonly using Polarization, and graduated filters to achieve my desired effect. Then I will use the NIK sharpening filter or the Photoshop Smart Sharpen filter to achieve the desired sharpening effect. Be careful not to over-sharpen.


Finally, I will resize as needed and save the image either into PSD or Jpeg (or both) as desired. Take care when saving your work not to overwrite your original RAW files. Keep these safely stored so you can go back to them in the future. You will be surprised what you can do with today’s RAW images a few years down the road when you revisit them with more knowledge.


This should get you started, but you do have some learning curve to get this all down to a reasonable time frame and achieve your desired results. Also some images also need some other more advanced Photoshop effects such as healing brushes, red eye removal, cloning, moves, etc. There are many excellent books, on-line tutorials, and classes you can use to improve your skills. Don’t be afraid to experiment. Just make sure you keep your pristine RAW images.
 
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