December 28, 2004
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THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
OF POSTS ON THE S3
Giving whacky white balance and
tones that are too orange. So I figured I would give some helpful
tips on settings for the best results. I’ve been shooting
the S3 since September so I had a lot of time to play with it.
Here’s what you have to keep in mind:1) Because of the extended dynamic range, the shots will look a lot
smoother in the midtone range. This will give an appearance of
less contrast, though if you really look at the histogram, the 0′s and
255′s are all there. One benefit is that unlike the S2, you don’t
have to shoot with the tone in ORG setting, although you should pull
down the color to ORG in many portrait situations.2) The camera has more options for imaging than any other camera, so it
can get confusing. What other digital camera offers two film
emulation modes, plus three dynamic range settings (plus 1 stop, plus 2
stops and auto) as well as RAW in both Adobe and sRGB capture modes for
JPG? Here’s what you can do to get great stuff
consistently: shoot ORG color, STD tone (or ORG) with DR at +2
setting… 3 mpx Normal JPG is fine for prints up to 12×18″, with
sharpening on HARD.I’m enclosing images from a shoot so you can see. These shots
were all from the camera, unmodified in PS and shot with the settings
explained above. All indoor shots were shot with a Lightsphere,
domeless, straight up.
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Comments (2)
Gary,
I normally agree with you, but I have to say that many of the images you are showing as samples from the S3 are awfully orange. If that is what auto white balance is giving you I would stay away from it. As someone on another forum said AUTO is a four letter word. Otherwise I love the S3.
Gary another point on your camera settings. On the function settings COLOR refers to the saturation level. TONE refers to contrast. The orange color you are getting it from poor white balance NOT from the settings you are mentioning.