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Ultimately that's of course limited by the camera - when the sensor clips information is lost.When you say difficult lighting, do you mean high contrast scenes like the one above? How many stops of highlights do you reckon you can recover using NX over other converters? I ask because I'm sensitive to blown digital highlights. They're not as smooth in transition as with neg film.
No, actually I was just thinking about how to get the color tones right, because some say they "don't like Nikon colors, especially the green colors".When you say difficult lighting, do you mean high contrast scenes like the one above? How many stops of highlights do you reckon you can recover using NX over other converters? I ask because I'm sensitive to blown digital highlights. They're not as smooth in transition as with neg film.
Sure thing Corlan. I use the D3 but assume the D700 has the same capabilities, but not sure about some of the other Nikon bodies. The D3 can store up to 4 custom presets and one dynamic custom preset, meaning it can be changed at will without saving it to one of the 4 slots. This can be done either tethered with Capture Pro or implemented with the camera controls. The instructions for doing this are in the manual, but as usual also about as clear as mud too as they leave a bit to be desired.Rob,
could you please elaborate on your custom WB technique using a grey card? I've tried a lot of options and get decent results in post processing (mainly by clasically picking the grey values from a shot of the card in the series lighting conditions then copy the settings in batch mode), but i've had a hard time coping with in camera correction with de "d" settings. Is it what you use ?
(for studio mainly - WB is pretty good or generally easily adjusted to taste in exterior conditions)
Whoops, yes CCP is what I meant, and btw you can easily access the saved presets here and much easier write what ever is needed for nomenclature vs the in camera typing method. Good luck with it.Hi Rob,
Many many thanks!
( note: when you say "tethered with Capture Pro" i assume you were referring to "Camera Control Pro" aka CCP )