Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Been using the updated "white wedding" curve since the first week or two I bought the camera 2 years ago. I don't think that's the problem. Scott Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Use a custom curve in your D70/D200: > http://fotogenetic.dearingfilm.com/index.html > Cheers > Jayanand Govindaraj > Chennai, India > > Scott McLoughlin wrote: > >> I've been shooting with a D70 and now a D200. >> >> I find that skin tones with film have a certain opaque >> quality, and a lean toward beige, that I like. I've never >> personally shot Kodachrome, but as a viewer, I see >> these qualities playing out in force. >> >> By comparison, my DSLRs seem to render skin tones >> with a kind of transparency and pinkness. >> >> So I find myself in color correction mode quite frequently, >> tweaking skin tones toward yellow on the color cube (I use >> PWP). >> >> Any clue as to the causes of this discrepancy? I don't mean >> to start a debate. The DSLR may well be more "true to life" >> for all I know. But I don't like it. >> >> Might this be a quality unique to Nikon DSLRs? >> >> Even better, any ideas how I might do something in camera >> so that I'm not goofing with color correction all the time? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Scott >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)