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PKPing
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Hi all,
I've been doing slides for 1-2 years. Recently, I've decided to use a Canon D30 for my shooting. While I have to say it's a good camera (well. at least the feel of an SLR is still there) I experienced a few stuffs which left me puzzled.
Firstly, while the camera's histogram told me the exposure was good (peak of curve was at central point) and the image on the LCD looked good to my eyes, I was disappointed with the image when I downloaded it to my computer. The image lacked contrast, is slightly over-exposed, and the color is not vibrant (vivid) or 100% accurate. Looks on screen like the pic was taken using a point and shoot camera! Is it because there is a limit to which the D30 can interpret the scene well, due to contrast, etc?
Of course, after I tweaked using PS's Levels and adjusted the color slightly, the image came back to life.
Another problem experienced is the lack of sharpness despite using prime and L lenses but I understand D30 users have exprienced this all the while. Simple USM wil do the trick.
The strange thing is, sometimes I don't need to adjust the image much (the D30 is able to reproduce it well, sharpness is there too) but more than 50% of the time, I have to tweak.
Are the problems I face inherent in digital cameras, D30 in particular? Of course I can always fall back on PS to do the trick
but somehow I feel like I'm cheating....shouldn't the camera give me exactly what was taken or at least close to it? Maybe I'm spoilt by slides. What I see is what I get and the colors blow me away anytime.
Sorry for the long enquiry but I'm a newbie to digital! Thanks a lot in advance to those who can help me.
I've been doing slides for 1-2 years. Recently, I've decided to use a Canon D30 for my shooting. While I have to say it's a good camera (well. at least the feel of an SLR is still there) I experienced a few stuffs which left me puzzled.
Firstly, while the camera's histogram told me the exposure was good (peak of curve was at central point) and the image on the LCD looked good to my eyes, I was disappointed with the image when I downloaded it to my computer. The image lacked contrast, is slightly over-exposed, and the color is not vibrant (vivid) or 100% accurate. Looks on screen like the pic was taken using a point and shoot camera! Is it because there is a limit to which the D30 can interpret the scene well, due to contrast, etc?
Of course, after I tweaked using PS's Levels and adjusted the color slightly, the image came back to life.
Another problem experienced is the lack of sharpness despite using prime and L lenses but I understand D30 users have exprienced this all the while. Simple USM wil do the trick.
The strange thing is, sometimes I don't need to adjust the image much (the D30 is able to reproduce it well, sharpness is there too) but more than 50% of the time, I have to tweak.
Are the problems I face inherent in digital cameras, D30 in particular? Of course I can always fall back on PS to do the trick
but somehow I feel like I'm cheating....shouldn't the camera give me exactly what was taken or at least close to it? Maybe I'm spoilt by slides. What I see is what I get and the colors blow me away anytime.
Sorry for the long enquiry but I'm a newbie to digital! Thanks a lot in advance to those who can help me.