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<blockquote data-quote="BrWhatsit" data-source="post: 280908" data-attributes="member: 22968"><p>Hello,&nbsp; I'm interested to know how much color fidelity may have improved in Nikon DSLRs over the last several years. I've been considering an upgrade for a long time and have my eye on the D5300. Currently using a D40. It has served me fairly well for a lot of things, but in my current main application for it, color accuracy is of utmost importance, and I'm just not getting it. Yellow seems to be especially troublesome, reds and greens only slightly less so. Images that have lots of different colors tend to be closer to accurate; compositions that are closer to monochromatic are another problem area. Custom white balance helps, but not that much. I'm having to spend way too much time in Photoshop adjusting color and still not getting results that I'm happy with. I've also tried a couple of different softwares to calibrate my monitor. There is also something not-quite-right about image quality that I can't put my finger on. So my question is, is the problem with the technology or the operator? If I were to upgrade, would it be easier to get accurate color with little or no adjustment in Photoshop? Is there something I should be doing that I'm not?&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks, Will</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="BrWhatsit, post: 280908, member: 22968"] Hello, I'm interested to know how much color fidelity may have improved in Nikon DSLRs over the last several years. I've been considering an upgrade for a long time and have my eye on the D5300. Currently using a D40. It has served me fairly well for a lot of things, but in my current main application for it, color accuracy is of utmost importance, and I'm just not getting it. Yellow seems to be especially troublesome, reds and greens only slightly less so. Images that have lots of different colors tend to be closer to accurate; compositions that are closer to monochromatic are another problem area. Custom white balance helps, but not that much. I'm having to spend way too much time in Photoshop adjusting color and still not getting results that I'm happy with. I've also tried a couple of different softwares to calibrate my monitor. There is also something not-quite-right about image quality that I can't put my finger on. So my question is, is the problem with the technology or the operator? If I were to upgrade, would it be easier to get accurate color with little or no adjustment in Photoshop? Is there something I should be doing that I'm not? Thanks, Will [/QUOTE]

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