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02/18/2005 08:12:36 PM · #1 |
It seems that every time I open a NEF in Photoshop I have to adjust the exposure comp at least +0.5 EV. I don’t expect every photo to come out perfect and I know we have had a dark cold winter here in Salt Lake but it doesn’t seem right. I was wondering of any other has similar experiences.
Thanks,
John
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02/18/2005 08:19:44 PM · #2 |
I do the same, but I put it down to a characteristic of digital cameras.
The only time I haven't is if I use a lot of lighting or bright sunshine. |
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02/18/2005 08:22:14 PM · #3 |
| Most likely it's just the LED display on the back of the camera not being entirely accurate. You can adjust the brightness in the menu. My photos always look okay in the display but when I open them in CS, they are darker than expected. Best thing to do is look at the histogram or just make sure they look brighter in the display. |
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02/18/2005 08:25:31 PM · #4 |
It's something to do with the PS RAW plugin. Have you noticed that the colours are off?
I don't use the PS plugin for that reason. The colours are off and you have to increase the exposure by a stop to get the results Nikon View or Nikon Capture display.
Nikon Capture is slower than the PS Plugin, but it gives you the correct colours and exposure. Why would you want speed if the information incorrect? That's what made me use capture and export the image as a TIFF to PS. I get better results that way.
Message edited by author 2005-02-18 20:28:39. |
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02/18/2005 08:31:10 PM · #5 |
WOW that was fast. At least I can relax a little and know I am not alone. I have the display turned up for sun so I will check that. I never even installed the Nikon Capture software, just seemed like PS would be better and I didn’t have to learn a new software. Now if I can only find it……
Many Thanks,
John
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02/18/2005 08:37:53 PM · #6 |
Check your white balance and also check to see what type of image optimizing you have set on the camera. You might check to see what color mode you are working in too. There are lots of things that could contribute.
If you're generally going a 1/2 step you can also just reset the default in PS. Good luck. |
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02/18/2005 08:57:36 PM · #7 |
The White Wedding curve brings up the midtones, so that may solve it. Maybe you are shooting a 1/2 stop dark? Rely on the istogram for those things.
Shooting under controlled lights, I have experimented a little with this. I set to manual and then set the aperture and shutter speed to the middle, shoot. Looks ok. Adjust it a bit more and shoot till I get what I think looks good. Then shoot a few, adjusting, to the histogram. My preference is always dark and on the low end of the histo. The first way, ends up usually at the top third fo the histogram and of course the historam adjusted is butted up to the R of the histo.
Which one is better to work with...for me the one to the far right on the histogram....ALL the data is there. SUre I have to adjust it, but that is easy through the RAW converter, also, as said, you can set your own camera default in RAW, also
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02/25/2005 05:47:02 PM · #8 |
| Are you using full size metering or center metering? |
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