On 26 Sep 2005 at 13:35, Barry Rice wrote: > Hey Folks, > > So, this weekend I did my first serious work with my new *ist-DS. The > results are pretty good, considering it was my first time out. I am used to > shooting Velvia on film cameras; with my *ist-DS the results I liked the most > were obtained by setting the exposure compensation to -0.5 to -1. But I think > the intense color saturation is not quite there, though. Maybe I should > increase the "saturation" option? Or does this just do nothing that can't be > done post-processing in image manipulation software?
Were you shooting RAW or letting the camera produce a finished file? You can always wind up the saturation and reduce the contrast range in post processing but not as effectively as if you shot RAW and apply saturation and alter the gamma to emulate Velvia in post processing. > It's funny---I don't mind using Velvia, but the idea of using my image > manipulation software to enhance the saturation of an image seems cheating. > Silly, I know, but there you have it. Just think of it as trying to reproduce the erroneous over-saturation of the film then :-) > P.S. Taking photos, then loading them onto my computer for viewing was a > trip! No mailers, no fruitless visits to the post office box...the images > were right there! Very cool isn't it :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
