How can I make the D60 colors look EXACTLY like the D30's?

Noldar said:

How???
The D60 images are FLAT! D30 colors are 3D, saturated!!
Even if I cranked up the parameters to ALL HIGH, it's still different!
This D60 is difinitely going back
-Arnold

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I doubt you'll ever get it 100% the same. The D30 color gamut was somewhat special, some got to like it, others found it unreal. It was hardly ever "correct", but try this:
1. Hue +5 & Saturation +10 on Master channel, Saturation -10 on Reds
2. Median 1 pixel
(3. Resize to 2160 x 1440

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Magne

Michael,

Median is in Filter> Noise pulldown in PS6.

Michael Mandel said:

What is a median filter? I don't see it under my filter pulldown
screen.

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• Chris

Nikon CP 990 (For Sale)
Canon EOS D30
28-70 2.8L

Noldar said:

How do I SET-UP my D60 to capture that?!?

JohnM said:

it to look exactly like a D30??

The D60 colors are much more accurate than the D30, & yes I have
owned both.

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Simply over expose by +0.05 to +0.10 EV

On average the D60 meters to purposely underexpose to maintain all the highlights without over blowing them which was charactoristic of the D30.

I own both the D30 and D60, and there have been similar threads here regarding to what some perceived as the D60 underexposing.

Alternately you can achieve more of the D30 look in PS by adjusting the levels. Check your histogram and slide the right end towards the left a little or until you reach a desired look. You can also crank up the saturation in PS to even match a Sony look.

I personally prefer the D60, and also prefer making any compensations when needed in camera by EV adjustments. Just check your histogram in camera during reviews. If the graph is missing to much on the right it will be underexposed. If it's missing too much on the left it will over expose. It gets pretty easy with a little practice. Even without any compensations you will find that adjusting levels in PS when needed will recover any details you may miss. Keep practicing. You will find you have greater control then you think with the D60!

Take Care!
Jim K

Thanks

Pixel Warp said:

Median is in Filter> Noise pulldown in PS6.

Michael Mandel said:

What is a median filter? I don't see it under my filter pulldown
screen.

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• Chris

Nikon CP 990 (For Sale)
Canon EOS D30
28-70 2.8L

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Try the Saturation I & II actions in the Basic Processing Set in this little actions kit. It will put alot of color into your images.

Also, a quick and easy way to get a bit of punch into your colors (I'm not saying it's natural looking), is to assign the D60 images to Adobe 1998 color space. You might then want to desaturate the red channel about -10 or so, but it's a quick way to make your images look more like they came out of Coolpix.

M

http://michaelphoto.net/actions/Digital%20SLR%20Actions.zip

Michael Thomas Mitchell said:

Try the Saturation I & II actions in the Basic Processing Set in
this little actions kit. It will put alot of color into your images.

Also, a quick and easy way to get a bit of punch into your colors
(I'm not saying it's natural looking), is to assign the D60 images
to Adobe 1998 color space. You might then want to desaturate the
red channel about -10 or so, but it's a quick way to make your
images look more like they came out of Coolpix.

M

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Hi Michael

i downloaded you actions package, and tried it on a sample D60 picture. It was shot in portrait, i chose to test the Digital negative inverted VERT first. I'm using PS6 french. Problem!!! first weird thing that occurs: your action wants to open a file, why is that?? i cancel, presuming my PS is going nuts, the steps go on and then your action closes the image it's working on!! so, it displays a dialog box, saying the image size command is not available (image has been closed!!)...

I take a look into your commands, and notice the Open dialog box is not a bug in my Photoshop... ok, i create a blank picture, save it, close it, ready to be opened by your action when i re-launch it. I do it. I specify my test file then it keeps on working, and i end up with that thing (resized here)



What's wrong? foreign-language-versions-allergic action?

I am very new to photography and my D60, as well as PS, but I tried the four steps outlined below, and wow, do they ever work! Great advice. Thanks.

Rich Bailey

Cliff Chase said:

I own both and the D60 colors are far more accurate. In fact they
are the most accurate colors I've ever seen from any digital camera.

If you want more saturation then you have a number of options. You
can simply use the high saturation setting. You can push the
saturation up with you image editor. You can try Fred Miranda's
Digital Velvia action. Or...

You can use this neat trick
1. Copy the image to a new layer
2. Crank the saturation way up on the new layer, around 80.
3. Change the blend mode on the new layer to "color"
4. Adust the opacity to the desired effect, usually around 20 - 40.

This technique gives more natural results, IMO, that simply pushing
up the saturation control.

CC

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