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-- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com wrote in message ... in looking through the options on the 20 d i discovered that i have a few questions: 1) as i work with my pix in photoshop should i set my space to srgb or rgb? i use rgb in photoshop 2) which of the 'parameters is better? 1 or 2 and if 2 should any of the subdivision be changed? (contrast, sharpness etc) 3) any suggestions to change any of the other functions? 4) does anyone have a favorite 'raw' software to import the canon raw files? tia ... steve Actually, what I've picked up here, and from the owner's manual, is that sRGB is more workable. As far as the parameters, you really need to determine that yourself. I usually use parameter 1 and Set 1 that I've set with higher saturation. And the B&W set, too. The same goes for any of the other settings, but most have found that setting the flash metering for "average" rather than the default "evaluative" gives better results. And I have mine set to second curtain synch so that any flash trails look more natural. I took my camera out for a day in the park, with a notebook. I documented everything I shot, changed settings endlessly, compared everything when I got home, looked at all the variables, and decided what settings were the most useful, for me. And I'm still changing some of them, as I get into more and more situations. Of course, your mileage may vary... |
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-- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com wrote in message ... in looking through the options on the 20 d i discovered that i have a few questions: 1) as i work with my pix in photoshop should i set my space to srgb or rgb? i use rgb in photoshop 2) which of the 'parameters is better? 1 or 2 and if 2 should any of the subdivision be changed? (contrast, sharpness etc) 3) any suggestions to change any of the other functions? 4) does anyone have a favorite 'raw' software to import the canon raw files? tia ... steve Actually, what I've picked up here, and from the owner's manual, is that sRGB is more workable. As far as the parameters, you really need to determine that yourself. I usually use parameter 1 and Set 1 that I've set with higher saturation. And the B&W set, too. The same goes for any of the other settings, but most have found that setting the flash metering for "average" rather than the default "evaluative" gives better results. And I have mine set to second curtain synch so that any flash trails look more natural. I took my camera out for a day in the park, with a notebook. I documented everything I shot, changed settings endlessly, compared everything when I got home, looked at all the variables, and decided what settings were the most useful, for me. And I'm still changing some of them, as I get into more and more situations. Of course, your mileage may vary... |
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Also remember that only Parameter 2 settings are used in the "non
creative zone". On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 05:28:32 -0800, "Skip M" wrote: the variables, and decided what settings were the most useful, for me. And I'm still changing some of them, as I get into more and more situations. Of course, your mileage may vary... -------------------------------- |
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"Matt Ion" wrote in message
news:ORzrd.410828$%k.260618@pd7tw2no... 2) which of the 'parameters is better? 1 or 2 and if 2 should any of the subdivision be changed? (contrast, sharpness etc) I use the stock parameters with my Digital Rebel. Note that these settings only take effect when the camera stores images as JPG; they don't affect RAW files. I disagree. Both the RAW file and the resulting EXIF TIFF show sharpness +1, saturation +1 in the EXIF data if I use Parameter 1. For scientific work I'm about to switch to Parameter 2. Basically, Parameter 1 if you think you're going to be making some prints direct from the camera; Parameter 2 if you're always going to post-process your pictures. 4) does anyone have a favorite 'raw' software to import the canon raw files? There's a plugin for the latest Photoshop... Where do I get that? Also, the one that comes with the camera (Canon File Viewer) works well. Photoshop without the Canon plugin can open .CRW files but doesn't seem to interpret them correctly; they don't look too good. |
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"David J Taylor" wrote in message ... Steve, There's a newsgroup dedicated to DSLRs like the 20D at: rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Cheers, David Quite a bit of the world still doesn't get that newsgroup. I don't know what happened to it, but neither of my 2 totally unrelated servers gets it yet, even though it has existed for a month. |
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"Leith Cassone" wrote in message ... Also remember that only Parameter 2 settings are used in the "non creative zone". Parameter 1, you mean? Or are they backwards on the 20D compared to the 300D? |
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"David J Taylor" wrote:
1) as i work with my pix in photoshop should i set my space to srgb or rgb? i use rgb in photoshop 2) which of the 'parameters is better? 1 or 2 and if 2 should any of the subdivision be changed? (contrast, sharpness etc) 3) any suggestions to change any of the other functions? 4) does anyone have a favorite 'raw' software to import the canon raw files? There's a newsgroup dedicated to DSLRs like the 20D at: rec.photo.digital.slr-systems Post-processing talk is only allowed in that group if, and only if, it pertains directly to "dslr photography". Since sRGB (or colour managemnt in general) is not a direct dSLR issue, question (1) would be off-topic there. Questions (2) and (3) may be on-topic, but only if the question was phrased to be specific to a dSLR. Read your Charter! (4) would be off-topic, since it also lacks the sufficient dSLR references, and indeed, even if it had such, probably is not specific to dSLR cameras (because non-slr systems also have raw image formats). Have you considered changing The Sacred Charter? It is so narrow that one wonders just what can be posted there but for glorified "can you read me my user manual" questions and answers about dSLR camera X. |
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