Which Picture style do you use?

[ianpaice]

I am using Canon 30D.

Normally use custom style:

1. Sharpness +3
2. Saturation 0
3. Contrast 0
4. Color tone 0

I do not post process my images except to crop when necessary.

I ask the photo lab to print as it is, with no compensations.


What about you?

 

[jeff49er]

1. Sharpness +7
2. Saturation 4
3. Contrast 4
4. Color tone 4

Extreme makeover :bsmilie:

 

[8ernerd™]

1. Sharpness +7
2. Saturation 0
3. Contrast +1
4. Color tone +1

 

[ykia]

People/Kids...
1. Sharpness +2
2. Saturation +1
3. Contrast 0
4. Color tone 0

Landscape/bugs...
1. Sharpness +5
2. Saturation +3
3. Contrast +1
4. Color tone 0

 

[ianpaice]

Does that means you do NOT post-process the images on your computer? Do you send for prints?

1. Sharpness +7
2. Saturation 4
3. Contrast 4
4. Color tone 4

Extreme makeover :bsmilie:

 

[calebk]

I leave everything on Neutral. I shoot RAW.

 

[jeff49er]

Does that means you do NOT post-process the images on your computer? Do you send for prints?

I personally never like to do post processing even cropping so I frame properly.

In day light the settings I have serve me well. In low light I find that my settings give me too rich and saturated colors.

As for printing the shop will do a bit of adjustments before printing.

 

[thw]

Standard color scheme, sharpness +3, saturation 0, contrast -4, tone 0. I have different settings for portraits, but don't remember them now 'cos the camera is not with me.

Honestly, I shoot RAW 99% of the time.

 

[ianpaice]

Contrast -4???? Hmmm..that sounds very very unusual.

Standard color scheme, sharpness +3, saturation 0, contrast -4, tone 0. I have different settings for portraits, but don't remember them now 'cos the camera is not with me.

Honestly, I shoot RAW 99% of the time.

 

[thw]

Contrast -4???? Hmmm..that sounds very very unusual.

Not at all. Contrast -4 in jpeg provides you with the widest possible dynamic range (for jpeg).

Once you've got the info, you can always discard what you don't want in leveling. Contrast can most easily be added back. But info once lost (through blown highlights or underexposure) cannot be recovered.

 

[skyhifi]

Actually, I have been wanting to ask this question - If I set the Picture style to, say Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 and if I shoot them in Jpeg and RAW, would the RAW format also be saved as Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 or to Neutral?

 

[calebk]

Actually, I have been wanting to ask this question - If I set the Picture style to, say Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 and if I shoot them in Jpeg and RAW, would the RAW format also be saved as Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 or to Neutral?

The RAW file will contain whatever PictStyle settings you chose, so when you open the file in DPP, you will have sharpness already at 3. However, you are free to change these settings in DPP, if you've realised.

 

[ykia]

Actually, I have been wanting to ask this question - If I set the Picture style to, say Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 and if I shoot them in Jpeg and RAW, would the RAW format also be saved as Sharpness +3, contrast and colour to +2 or to Neutral?

The RAW file will "remember" the style you shot with, but you still have the flexibility to change the style to another using DPP. Unlike JPEG, RAW does not permanently lock you into only that style.

 

[skyhifi]

Ah, did not realise that. Thanks Calebk and Ykia. =)