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Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
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Nick
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after some tests....> Oldskool_v3h

http://www.pbase.com/kitgard/test_curves_d70

best rgds
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kitgard
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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I can't find where the poll is conducted - most forums I frequent have the poll at the top of the post.

I find White wedding and AllInOne blow out too much personally.
kitgard said:
http://www.pbase.com/kitgard/test_curves_d70

best rgds
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kitgard
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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It is interesting to see what other people are using. I think I am going to try out the oldskoOL v3. This weekend.
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Nick
USA, OHIO
 
jberth said:
I find White wedding and AllInOne blow out too much personally.
kitgard said:
http://www.pbase.com/kitgard/test_curves_d70

best rgds
---
kitgard
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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In my 2 months' life with D70 I have gone from built-in, Provia, built-in, Oldskool's v3, and now back to built-in.

Just for the last few days I tried Oldskool's v3. It's one of the best custom curves that preserve highlights while don't affect color saturation or tone linearity much. However, I just decided to come back to built-in normal or medium-low contrast with EV adjustment when needed. Such setup gives me the most continus skin tones and least compressed highlights.

Just sharing my experience but keep in mind that my tastes and shooting conditions may not suit yours.

Photobug
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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It's been the same for me. I tried a couple curves that are floating around the net and created a few of my own. And now I'm back to just using the camera settings at medium low contrast also.

The curves were nice for some instances but as a whole didn't satisfy me for varies reasons. As mentioned by Photobug I also just tweak the EV's based on what I see on the camera's histogram.

If I need to adjust anything, I just do it in NC.

Just my experience with it.

mc
Photobug said:
Just for the last few days I tried Oldskool's v3. It's one of the
best custom curves that preserve highlights while don't affect
color saturation or tone linearity much. However, I just decided to
come back to built-in normal or medium-low contrast with EV
adjustment when needed. Such setup gives me the most continus skin
tones and least compressed highlights.

Just sharing my experience but keep in mind that my tastes and
shooting conditions may not suit yours.

Photobug
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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This is what I'll use for wedding shots (don't like the stronger White Wedding). Its effect is like a brighter scene with a thin sheet of whte satin in between. Good for wedding or certain portraits but I don't use it for other shots.
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Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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I'm not the odd ball out.

I should've stayed with my usual setting for last night's important indoor event shots. Good thing that half were shot in RAW so it can be easily corrected.
pixel-pusher said:
The curves were nice for some instances but as a whole didn't
satisfy me for varies reasons. As mentioned by Photobug I also just
tweak the EV's based on what I see on the camera's histogram.

If I need to adjust anything, I just do it in NC.

Just my experience with it.

mc
Photobug said:
Just for the last few days I tried Oldskool's v3. It's one of the
best custom curves that preserve highlights while don't affect
color saturation or tone linearity much. However, I just decided to
come back to built-in normal or medium-low contrast with EV
adjustment when needed. Such setup gives me the most continus skin
tones and least compressed highlights.

Just sharing my experience but keep in mind that my tastes and
shooting conditions may not suit yours.

Photobug
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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I shoot everything in raw, view the thumbnails in Iview and open/edit them in NC. Shooting in raw I've found povides the most options. In other words I can fix my mistakes easier. At least most of the time.

mc
Photobug said:
I should've stayed with my usual setting for last night's important
indoor event shots. Good thing that half were shot in RAW so it can
be easily corrected.
pixel-pusher said:
The curves were nice for some instances but as a whole didn't
satisfy me for varies reasons. As mentioned by Photobug I also just
tweak the EV's based on what I see on the camera's histogram.

If I need to adjust anything, I just do it in NC.

Just my experience with it.

mc
Photobug said:
Just for the last few days I tried Oldskool's v3. It's one of the
best custom curves that preserve highlights while don't affect
color saturation or tone linearity much. However, I just decided to
come back to built-in normal or medium-low contrast with EV
adjustment when needed. Such setup gives me the most continus skin
tones and least compressed highlights.

Just sharing my experience but keep in mind that my tastes and
shooting conditions may not suit yours.

Photobug
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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I loaded one of the curves advertised around here, and was using it happily without any further thought, until earlier this week. The Heron shot I got in very poor light (1/10th second, ISO 1000) looked completely washed out - but the background was fine, which seemed strange.

I used NC to replace the curve with the standard medium-low tone compensation - and it was instantly much better. I'm now running with this, and will re-evaluate the usefulness of curves another day - they often help, but not all of the time. If I could load several, and switch around - depending upon the subject and the light - then I think that they would be much more useful.

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--Stephen Simpson
 
I am currently using JT's all in one curve, so far I like it, but I don't think I will use it all the time
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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Thanks!
Mark
My D70 Gallery here
http://www.radphotos.net/newstuff/Page.html
 
Thomas Nielsen said:
Mark Abraham said:
Nickn90 said:
Just out of curiosity. I am wondering (those who have a custom
curve loaded) which is your primary curve of choice?

I have used white wedding for the last month but just loaded the
all-in-one curve yesterday. I am going to give that a try. White
wedding seemed slightly on the bright side for my taste.
--
Nick
USA, OHIO
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Thanks!
Mark
My D70 Gallery here
http://www.radphotos.net/newstuff/Page.html
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