DPR Article: See the grain effect that's about to make the Nikon Zf even more retro

Mathew Anderson said:

It can be combined with any of the camera's Picture Style color modes but, at least in the camera we used, couldn't be added after the fact using the in-camera Raw converter. This means you can shoot with grain and then re-process if you decide you don't want it, but not the other way 'round.

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Mathew Anderson said:

When Nikon showed us its two new DX lenses, it also let us try the Grain Effect processing that's about to arrive on the Nikon Zf.

Grain Effect gives you a choice of six intensity levels and three sizes of grain. It can be combined with any of the camera's Picture Style color modes but, at least in the camera we used, couldn't be added after the fact using the in-camera Raw converter. This means you can shoot with grain and then re-process if you decide you don't want it, but not the other way 'round.

Check out the complete article by Richard Butler .

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Mathew Anderson said:

When Nikon showed us its two new DX lenses, it also let us try the Grain Effect processing that's about to arrive on the Nikon Zf.

Grain Effect gives you a choice of six intensity levels and three sizes of grain. It can be combined with any of the camera's Picture Style color modes but, at least in the camera we used, couldn't be added after the fact using the in-camera Raw converter. This means you can shoot with grain and then re-process if you decide you don't want it, but not the other way 'round.

Check out the complete article by Richard Butler .

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f16falcona46 said:

Mathew Anderson said:

It can be combined with any of the camera's Picture Style color modes but, at least in the camera we used, couldn't be added after the fact using the in-camera Raw converter. This means you can shoot with grain and then re-process if you decide you don't want it, but not the other way 'round.

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Hm, so just like Skin Softening then. I wonder why Nikon keeps doing this.

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camerosity said:

f16falcona46 said:

Mathew Anderson said:

It can be combined with any of the camera's Picture Style color modes but, at least in the camera we used, couldn't be added after the fact using the in-camera Raw converter. This means you can shoot with grain and then re-process if you decide you don't want it, but not the other way 'round.

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Hm, so just like Skin Softening then. I wonder why Nikon keeps doing this.

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Lol because many of their customers want it?

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rhlpetrus said:

As I posted in the front page, can't see why I'd add "noise" to a modern digital image. In film days, it was useful for fine focusing the enlarger lens, which could be a pain. Since moving to digital, I use whatever noise is there when sharpening, actually I always defeat any NR in PP in order to do that, helps to not go overboard with Unmask settings. In the D80 days, images at ISO1600 would already carry some visible "grain", but why add if not there? Maybe Nikon know something I do not and lots of people asked for that, so ...

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UsherFellig said:

I think it's great that you're flagging front-page feature items by starting a thread in relevant forums. Good communication/community integration practice.

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rhlpetrus said:

As I posted in the front page, can't see why I'd add "noise" to a modern digital image. In film days, it was useful for fine focusing the enlarger lens, which could be a pain. Since moving to digital, I use whatever noise is there when sharpening, actually I always defeat any NR in PP in order to do that, helps to not go overboard with Unmask settings. In the D80 days, images at ISO1600 would already carry some visible "grain", but why add if not there? Maybe Nikon know something I do not and lots of people asked for that, so ...

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