Picture Adjustment in Digital Photography

SkyPipe · 24th November 2003

Hi,

I'm new to digital photography. I had been using my Canon EOS 100QD for the last ten years.

I just bought a EOS 300D and started taking some pictures but haven't sent it to photo lab for 4R development.

The questions are :-
Is there a need to do adjustment to the picture prior to sending it for development ?

What is the most common adjustment you do with the picture ?

From my monitor, the pictures seem to be under exposed, is this an illusion ? From the camera LCD, it looks ok.

The FEC adjustment for 300d seems to work only in the creative zone but not the basic zone. Is this true ?

Jumping into digital photography is like starting all over again, I'm still exploring this new equipment that I used to know but now seem to know so little.

Thanks

ivor · 24th November 2003

This is just my 2 cents opinion.

If you have master your photography exposure and your 300D functionility well, you don't really need to PS.

Just imagine the 300D is your 100QD, a correct exposure shot will be a good picture turnout, likewise, if you 'screw up' the exposure or fundamental wrongly, logically your pictures turned out undesireable or need PS to manipulate.

My suggest is to understand how your 300D exposure works. Happy shooting.

Originally Posted by SkyPipe

Hi,

I'm new to digital photography. I had been using my Canon EOS 100QD for the last ten years.

I just bought a EOS 300D and started taking some pictures but haven't sent it to photo lab for 4R development.

The questions are :-
Is there a need to do adjustment to the picture prior to sending it for development ?

What is the most common adjustment you do with the picture ?

From my monitor, the pictures seem to be under exposed, is this an illusion ? From the camera LCD, it looks ok.

The FEC adjustment for 300d seems to work only in the creative zone but not the basic zone. Is this true ?

Jumping into digital photography is like starting all over again, I'm still exploring this new equipment that I used to know but now seem to know so little.

Thanks

ST1100 · 24th November 2003

In your 10 years with film, you must have realized that the quality of prints depend on the skill of the techinician at the lab. If you send your negs to a bo-chap lab, the pics come out bleah.

For digital prints, the difference is that you can now handle the technician's part, if you want to. There are also labs around who do basic touchup and correction before printing, just like film-handling. Find a decent one, and you won't really need to your own processing.

For the pics looking underexposed, use the histogram function and learn to trust it.

24th November 2003	#1
SkyPipe Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 96	Picture Adjustment in Digital Photography Hi, I'm new to digital photography. I had been using my Canon EOS 100QD for the last ten years. I just bought a EOS 300D and started taking some pictures but haven't sent it to photo lab for 4R development. The questions are :- Is there a need to do adjustment to the picture prior to sending it for development ? What is the most common adjustment you do with the picture ? From my monitor, the pictures seem to be under exposed, is this an illusion ? From the camera LCD, it looks ok. The FEC adjustment for 300d seems to work only in the creative zone but not the basic zone. Is this true ? Jumping into digital photography is like starting all over again, I'm still exploring this new equipment that I used to know but now seem to know so little. Thanks

24th November 2003	#3
ST1100 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Singapore, Bedok Posts: 1,801	In your 10 years with film, you must have realized that the quality of prints depend on the skill of the techinician at the lab. If you send your negs to a bo-chap lab, the pics come out bleah. For digital prints, the difference is that you can now handle the technician's part, if you want to. There are also labs around who do basic touchup and correction before printing, just like film-handling. Find a decent one, and you won't really need to your own processing. For the pics looking underexposed, use the histogram function and learn to trust it.