If you are using capture, you should be able to come up with almost
exactly what you want by playing some with the curves, with the
white balance, with lightness/chroma curves, and for added
saturation, that little color booster slider. I have a ton of
shots using that same lens, and the D70, and am very please almost
all the time. Do you play with the settings on your camera, too?
What's funny is that I also have a little Canon A80 which I won on
Steve's site, and although I like it, my taste is that the colors
are too saturated and don't really look as we see them with a naked
eye. It's all personal preference.
Also, after bringing the photo in PS, a little quick trick is to
apply unsharp mask at about 18, 50, 0 and you can see just enough
difference. I usually only do this, though, after I convert to
.jpg for web.
In my PBase galleries, the last gallery is full of shots from a
recent fire in the area. I didn't do much to them, other than some
sharpening and a little curves. The gallery of my grandson, 4-5
mo, also, are mostly shot with that lens and the D70. I have the
D100, too, and actually am beginning to prefer the D70.
Best of luck, it IS an awesome camera.
Marilu
I've had my D70 for 6 months and I ablsolutely love it. There are
many things I can do with it that I could never dream of with a
point and shoot. However, I have a little Cannon A80 that I keep
in the car for work, and many times I like the images out of it
better than my D70. I have tried everything to emulate the
richness from the little point and shoot and it just seems crazy
that I can't do it. It seems like there ought to be a setting that
does just that. I shoot RAW and I sharpen, adjust white balance
and levels, but when I try to saturate colors it never looks right.
Of coures I'm getting many great shots, but a good portion are
missing the pop I can get from the little cannon. Do I just need
more experience, or are my tastes in photography amateurish?
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Steve
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Steve
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