Creative Style in Sony A200/A300/A350

[tsan81]

There are presets creative style in A200/A300/A350 : Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Nightview, sunset, B/W. etc.

Previously In KM 5D, if Landscape was chosen, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness will be '+1' automatically.

I notice that for A200/A300/A350, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness value still shows '0' when other creative style are chosen.

Question :
Do we need to manally set and save the Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness settings?
Lets say we chose Landscape, does that mean that Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness will be increased automatically and the 0 value is for us to overwrite the Landscape option?

[astrise]

Originally Posted by tsan81 There are presets creative style in A200/A300/A350 : Standard, Vivid, Portrait, Landscape, Nightview, sunset, B/W. etc. Previously In KM 5D, if Landscape was chosen, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness will be '+1' automatically. I notice that for A200/A300/A350, Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness value still shows '0' when other creative style are chosen. Question : Do we need to manally set and save the Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness settings? Lets say we chose Landscape, does that mean that Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness will be increased automatically and the 0 value is for us to overwrite the Landscape option?

I think so, if you mean that the base values are normalized. Easy test - take the same shot at both 'Standard' and 'Landscape' with all the sliders set to '0' - you should find slight differences in color reproduction. Although, if you're really particular about the color you want to achieve, shoot in RAW then post-process to your liking.

[tsan81]

Originally Posted by astrise I think so, if you mean that the base values are normalized. Easy test - take the same shot at both 'Standard' and 'Landscape' with all the sliders set to '0' - you should find slight differences in color reproduction. Although, if you're really particular about the color you want to achieve, shoot in RAW then post-process to your liking.

thank you astrise for responding.
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Users can +/- the saturations,contrasts or sharpness on top of their selected creative style.

Yea, raw could be an option, but I dread large file sizes.