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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 481582" data-attributes="member: 13090">Sorry to hear you had a disappointing session the other day... Can you be more specific about what went wrong? Maybe there's something we can do...The settings from my previous post will work for pretty much any Nikon DSLR, including your D40, though the exact steps needed to navigate the menus might vary from camera to camera. For reasons I don't fully understand every Nikon body I've ever handled comes from the factory with the JPG &quot;Sharpness&quot; setting set really, really low by default. By increasing the Sharpness to roughly +7 you should see a dramatic increase in the sharpness of your photos. The +1 to Saturation setting is more of a personal taste thing (try more, try less... see what you think) but giving the &quot;Normal&quot; Picture Control that little extra kick in the color works for me. I don't really suggest going higher than +7 on the Sharpness setting, but that too is a matter of personal taste when you come right down to it; in my experience +7 seems to pretty much nails the &quot;sweet spot&quot; but try higher, try lower and judge for yourself. Also you should know that each Picture Control (e.g. Landscape, Portrait, Normal, Vivid, etc.) has its own set of sub-menus; so if you decide you want to use the Vivid Picture Control, you'll need to go into the sub-menus and adjust the Sharpness setting there, as well. The same goes for Landscape, Portrait, etc. And lastly, remember these settings only apply to JPG photos; if you start shooting RAW that's another matter entirely.....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 481582, member: 13090"] Sorry to hear you had a disappointing session the other day... Can you be more specific about what went wrong? Maybe there's something we can do... The settings from my previous post will work for pretty much any Nikon DSLR, including your D40, though the exact steps needed to navigate the menus might vary from camera to camera. For reasons I don't fully understand every Nikon body I've ever handled comes from the factory with the JPG "Sharpness" setting set really, really low by default. By increasing the Sharpness to roughly +7 you should see a dramatic increase in the sharpness of your photos. The +1 to Saturation setting is more of a personal taste thing (try more, try less... see what you think) but giving the "Normal" Picture Control that little extra kick in the color works for me. I don't really suggest going higher than +7 on the Sharpness setting, but that too is a matter of personal taste when you come right down to it; in my experience +7 seems to pretty much nails the "sweet spot" but try higher, try lower and judge for yourself. Also you should know that each Picture Control (e.g. Landscape, Portrait, Normal, Vivid, etc.) has its own set of sub-menus; so if you decide you want to use the Vivid Picture Control, you'll need to go into the sub-menus and adjust the Sharpness setting there, as well. The same goes for Landscape, Portrait, etc. And lastly, remember these settings only apply to JPG photos; if you start shooting RAW that's another matter entirely. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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