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06/23/2023 09:11:46 AM · #1 |
Hey guys,
Been a while! Been picking up my camera lately to fool around with some weather related photography and for some reason my D850 is incredibly flat. To the point where images are almost useless.
Two part question:
1 - Is this a common issue with the D850?
2 - If not, what setting do I need to mess with in order to get my images to have any sort of depth to them? Color and contract are just not there...
Thank you in advance! :)
Ps - Once I have a little more practice, I may put on my blue shirt again and enter a couple challenges. :) |
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06/23/2023 09:47:33 AM · #2 |
I don't know about Nikon, but with Sony I can change contrast, saturation, and sharpness for jpg output. Do you have that option?
How well do raw files work up in post? Should be able to get what you want that way for sure. |
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06/23/2023 09:54:13 AM · #3 |
I usually check and adjust levels as my very first editing step. This tells my editing app what the light and dark points are and stretches the dynamic range of the image to fit the available range. Just this alone can give some of that pop to a flat image.You can see the difference it makes in the preview window of this screenshot.
Message edited by author 2023-06-23 09:55:38. |
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06/23/2023 09:56:28 AM · #4 |
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06/23/2023 10:24:48 AM · #5 |
Good to see you around Marko!
Are you shooting RAW or JPEG? IF RAW, what software are you using for conversion?
Normally, your camera should "tag" a RAW file with the JPEG settings for color, contrast, etc. in place at the time of the shot, allowing the RAW converter to replicate those settings. If the JPEG settings are for a very flat response, the RAW converter may well pick that up. They can, of course be overridden. Even when shooting only RAW, as I do, you *do* want to pay attention to the JPEG settings in the camera, since those settings are what will be reflected in the preview on the camera screen. For example, if you shoot an indoor scene lit by 2700k (tungsten-like) bulbs, if the white balance is set to "Daylight" you will of course see a very yellow result on the camera LCD. Set the WB to "Tungsten" and the scene will be relatively neutral on the camera display. The RAW data in both cases is *exactly* the same. Only the display is different.
Message edited by author 2023-06-23 10:25:03. |
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06/26/2023 10:04:42 AM · #6 |
Check for current firmware settings......
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06/27/2023 03:33:07 PM · #7 |
I shoot Canon, so I am not sure what the equivalent in Nikon is. In my camera menu setting I have something called "picture style". It has things like "standard", "landscape", "fine detail", portrait .... etc (I think there are about 12 different settings, incl custom ones.
The settings that get adjusted are "sharpness", "contrast", "saturation", "color tone",
Maybe if you try some of those settings to see if it gives you what you are looking for? |
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