Any custom curves for your D70?

cheersjy · 9th May 2005

Hi all, D70 + kit lens often gives slightly underexposed and soft images when using the camera default setting. Do you prefer to correct the images with photoshop later, or install a different custom curve in your D70 so that the images come out pleasant straight away and save the trouble?

If you are the latter, can you share which curve give u the best result? Will using the curves lead to sacrifice of highlight/shadow details?

Thanks in advance for your advice to a newbie

espn · 9th May 2005

Depends on how you define the curves, every pull/push you make on the graph will give you different results.

A near S-curve would be ok, do note the shades/colour changes when you adjust the curve, when it hits the limit, it's time to pull back a bit.

jumbocrab · 9th May 2005

Have a look at this website. Someone has already compiled the list of commonly used curves and how they look when applied:

http://mastersphoto.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26

cheersjy · 9th May 2005

Thanks all for the response. Wow, a very informative link. Do you use any of these curves? Some are a bit overdone though...

espn · 9th May 2005

Nope... I don't use any of 'em.

simon80 · 9th May 2005

loaded a curve to my d70 .. I am shooting in RAW.
But then I don not see any difference as in before an after.

why ?

jumbocrab · 10th May 2005

Did you choose the correct setting? Under "Tone Comp", choose "custom".

9th May 2005	#1
cheersjy Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Hougang Posts: 642	Any custom curves for your D70? Hi all, D70 + kit lens often gives slightly underexposed and soft images when using the camera default setting. Do you prefer to correct the images with photoshop later, or install a different custom curve in your D70 so that the images come out pleasant straight away and save the trouble? If you are the latter, can you share which curve give u the best result? Will using the curves lead to sacrifice of highlight/shadow details? Thanks in advance for your advice to a newbie

9th May 2005	#2
espn Deregistered Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Planet Nikon Posts: 22,045	Depends on how you define the curves, every pull/push you make on the graph will give you different results. A near S-curve would be ok, do note the shades/colour changes when you adjust the curve, when it hits the limit, it's time to pull back a bit.

9th May 2005	#3
jumbocrab Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 410	Have a look at this website. Someone has already compiled the list of commonly used curves and how they look when applied: http://mastersphoto.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26

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simon80 Deregistered Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,501	loaded a curve to my d70 .. I am shooting in RAW. But then I don not see any difference as in before an after. why ?

10th May 2005	#7
jumbocrab Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 410	Did you choose the correct setting? Under "Tone Comp", choose "custom".