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K1 Satobi etc.

Started 4 months ago | Discussions thread
kypfer Contributing Member • Posts: 985
Re: K1 Satobi etc.

The Squirrel Mafia wrote:

Yes. Bright & Landscape are very close, but it seems like Landscape injects a bit more of a yellow color cast to the whole image.

I've tried all the image tones, but I pretty much stick to Bright the most, followed by Natural when the colors start getting blown out. Like when you shoot scenes with lots of colored lights and/or a lots of color going on. Colors don't blow out as much when using Natural, but some images can look quite flat & boring as well.

It can be worthwhile grabbing a RAW occasionally if you're not quite sure which Custom Image will be best, then you've got the option to sit down later and either re-develop the RAW in-camera with different settings or load the RAW into DCU and try the various settings there.

Reworking a JPG in DCU can be worth trying as well. As the program "knows" what adjustments were made at exposure time it can negate those exactly then apply alternative settings. Admittedly, theoretically, re-working a JPG is a lossy process, in practice, for many applications, it works well, in my experience, especially if the JPG was high quality to start with

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