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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 596803" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>The exact menu navigation might be slightly different for different cameras, I don't know for sure, but the short answer to your question, is yes. </p><p></p><p>If you're shooting JPG your camera IS using a Picture Control and, by default, it's the "Standard" Picture Control. Also by default the "Sharpness" setting in the Picture Controls will be set very, very low. I forget how low to be honest, but I want to say it's around "2" or something like that. Adjusting the "Sharpness" setting in the Picture Controls will, obviously, make your JPG images sharper and from my experience using a setting of "7" (two tics down from the highest setting of "9") is optimal. The setting applies to every Nikon DSLR as far as I know but just how much adjustment the setting needs is a matter of opinion. If you think "9" or "6" looks better than "7", by all means use it. </p><p></p><p>The Picture Control settings will not affect raw files, <em>per se</em>, so if you shoot raw, you don't need to worry about them. </p><p></p><p>I sometimes suggest bumping the "Saturation" setting by one tic-mark as well, but that's a more subtle adjustment. Try it and see what you think. None of these settings are permanent. If you decide they're too much, back them off or put them back at their default settings and it will be like this never happened.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FFFFFF">....</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 596803, member: 13090"] The exact menu navigation might be slightly different for different cameras, I don't know for sure, but the short answer to your question, is yes. If you're shooting JPG your camera IS using a Picture Control and, by default, it's the "Standard" Picture Control. Also by default the "Sharpness" setting in the Picture Controls will be set very, very low. I forget how low to be honest, but I want to say it's around "2" or something like that. Adjusting the "Sharpness" setting in the Picture Controls will, obviously, make your JPG images sharper and from my experience using a setting of "7" (two tics down from the highest setting of "9") is optimal. The setting applies to every Nikon DSLR as far as I know but just how much adjustment the setting needs is a matter of opinion. If you think "9" or "6" looks better than "7", by all means use it. The Picture Control settings will not affect raw files, [I]per se[/I], so if you shoot raw, you don't need to worry about them. I sometimes suggest bumping the "Saturation" setting by one tic-mark as well, but that's a more subtle adjustment. Try it and see what you think. None of these settings are permanent. If you decide they're too much, back them off or put them back at their default settings and it will be like this never happened. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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