Hi , I have this problem , my pictures in my nikon camera and photoshop look very different.
My PC monitor screen tend to be more darker. Later I found out that the histogram look so different in my nikon camera and PC screen .
What should I do?
Do I need to calibrate my PC monitor? Any sites or books that your can recommend.
As I am very new to photoshop.
Thank you for your help.
This problem is common. In fact I would not even say this is a problem at all.
The main reasons is that most Nikon camera are designed to underexpose slightly. In most cases -0.3 to -0.7 stops depends on model.
THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH SUCH DESIGN.
The main reason is to main details for you as much as possible. Do understand that digital photography is just like taking Postive in the past. The latter is very sensitive to light, only ard 7stops as compared to Negative. Over exposure would render no details, ie white color. Here are some suggestions you can do to get exposure corrected out of camera:
1. Set EV compensation +0.3 to +0.7. Thru experience, +0.7 seems better, however you have to really test it out and understand your camera better. Advantage: solve your problem immediately, however this would seems to be a permanent setting on your camera.
2. Download Trial version of Nikon Camera Control Pro, else I would suggest you to purchase a license for it on a long term basis. Set a custom curve and save it in your camera. But do becareful and do understand custom curve before you start doing this, else it might screwed up every photo you take with your camera if you set a curve that is too extreme. Alternatively, there are plenty of curves available on the internet, just google for it. Advantage: You'd have better control over colours, contrast, brightness, directly. In fact, there are many curves you can find on the Internet to give you pictures output close to film, etc. Disadvantage: You might screwed up your pictures for certain environment/situations if you set your curve too extreme.
3. Stay put with every setting as neutral/default/Normal, ie, Picture Control - Neutral, d-Lighting - Off, etc. Just shoot more and get use to your camera. However, you must shoot RAW, cos I not sure if this works if you shoot only JPEGs. I've use many Nikon bodies before, and thru experience, the camera seems to get used to and 'tune' itself to the owner. For me I only shoot uncompressed RAW. The picture output seems more accurate after you hit a shutter count of 2000 and above. To be frank, this is not documented anywhere in the menu, but if you do speak to any experience Nikonian, they would tell you similar stories. Maybe it could be the other way round where you get used to the camera instead and able to control it better. :bsmilie:
For raw processing, I personally using Nikon Capture NX2 for exposure control and process it to TIFF then transfer to Photoshop for further DI if required. However do heard that many using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CSx directly and the output also seems as good. Advantage: This would be the ideal. And be it camera get used to your style or you get used to the camera's capabilities, this is still the solution and you'd improve your skills by shooting more.
