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DSLR / D7000 Newbie with some questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 305953" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Okay, I was looking at your shots and thinking you were either shooting RAW and not doing any, at most very little, post-processing or, you're shooting JPG and your camera needs some menu tweaking.</p><p></p><p>So... I'm going to suggest a few things.</p><p></p><p>Set your camera up to shoot RAW + JPG. Send the RAW files to Card 1 and the JPG's to Card 2. I suggest this because I don't see the point in processing shots you know suck. Why bother? Post processing, for me, is spent on those shots that totally make me say, "WOW!" not every shot that comes down the pike. But when I do nail a shot that well, I want the full power that only RAW processing can give me. Shooting RAW + JPG is, to my way of thinking, the best of both worlds. If I could ONLY shoot one format, it would be RAW, of course, no question about that; but JPG's have their place as well, don't forget that.</p><p></p><p>If you haven't already here's how I suggest you set up your camera for JPG... Go into your Shooting Menu (camera icon) and drop down to "Picture Control". Click right once using the four-way button and highlight "Standard". Click right again and drop down to "Sharpening". Set this slider to 5 or 6. Drop down to "Saturation" and bump that slider one notch higher. Save the settings and exit. In my experience these little tweaks will get you *significantly* better JPG photos.</p><p></p><p>External storage is going to be a must for any serious photographer so I'd suggest getting a USB external hard drive. This <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-Backup/dp/B00E83X9P8/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1399991100&sr=1-3" target="_blank">Western Digital 1TB drive</a> is only $70 and Western Digital is my preferred brand. This would be an excellent investment for you if you're feeling cramped for space.</p><p></p><p>As for processing your photos let me pull them into PS and play with them. At home they were looking a little soft and I was thinking the contrast and saturation needed some help. I'm at my office now and my opinion may have changed. I'll play with them see what I can do.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 305953, member: 13090"] Okay, I was looking at your shots and thinking you were either shooting RAW and not doing any, at most very little, post-processing or, you're shooting JPG and your camera needs some menu tweaking. So... I'm going to suggest a few things. Set your camera up to shoot RAW + JPG. Send the RAW files to Card 1 and the JPG's to Card 2. I suggest this because I don't see the point in processing shots you know suck. Why bother? Post processing, for me, is spent on those shots that totally make me say, "WOW!" not every shot that comes down the pike. But when I do nail a shot that well, I want the full power that only RAW processing can give me. Shooting RAW + JPG is, to my way of thinking, the best of both worlds. If I could ONLY shoot one format, it would be RAW, of course, no question about that; but JPG's have their place as well, don't forget that. If you haven't already here's how I suggest you set up your camera for JPG... Go into your Shooting Menu (camera icon) and drop down to "Picture Control". Click right once using the four-way button and highlight "Standard". Click right again and drop down to "Sharpening". Set this slider to 5 or 6. Drop down to "Saturation" and bump that slider one notch higher. Save the settings and exit. In my experience these little tweaks will get you *significantly* better JPG photos. External storage is going to be a must for any serious photographer so I'd suggest getting a USB external hard drive. This [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Passport-Ultra-Portable-External-Backup/dp/B00E83X9P8/ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1399991100&sr=1-3"]Western Digital 1TB drive[/URL] is only $70 and Western Digital is my preferred brand. This would be an excellent investment for you if you're feeling cramped for space. As for processing your photos let me pull them into PS and play with them. At home they were looking a little soft and I was thinking the contrast and saturation needed some help. I'm at my office now and my opinion may have changed. I'll play with them see what I can do. [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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