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Computer/software features in a digital camera
Computer/software features in a digital camera.
I have my first digital camera that has any features. It is a Canon PowerShot S1 IS. One thing I noticed is a feature called Photo Effects. The Photo Effects feature has options called Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and B/W. My thinking is that these are really just software features built into the camera and are actually useless. I believe that I would be better off leaving that control alone, taking the shot with that control/feature in the off position and if I want to add those effects, do it with software on the computer at a later time. Any help understanding this would be appreciated. Thanks Joe |
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Computer/software features in a digital camera
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:47:57 +0200, Gisle Hannemyr
wrote: Joe writes: Computer/software features in a digital camera. I have my first digital camera that has any features. It is a Canon PowerShot S1 IS. One thing I noticed is a feature called Photo Effects. The Photo Effects feature has options called Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and B/W. My thinking is that these are really just software features built into the camera and are actually useless. I believe that I would be better off leaving that control alone, taking the shot with that control/feature in the off position and if I want to add those effects, do it with software on the computer at a later time. Any help understanding this would be appreciated. You've got it mostly right. The only one I would consider is "low sharpening" (assuming that this setting gives you lower sharpening than the default setting). Sharpening is lossy, so if you intend to do a lot of post-processing, you should have in-camera sharpening sett to minimum (and sharpen yourself after you've done the other adjustments). On the other hand, if you just want to print directly from the camera - in-camera sharpening is probably what you want. All the others, I'd leave alone - in particular: if you want monochrome (sepia or B&W) you are much better off doing it yourself where you can tune the conversion for best results. Btw. If you set your camera to capture RAW (instead of JPEG), all sort of in-camera software adjustments will be turned off by definition (RAW is the data as captured by the sensor), so RAW is the mode that will give the most latitude for post-processing work. Many find RAW a bit of overkill for casual work, tho'. Thanks for the explanation. I will keep it all in mind as I go forward. There really is a lot to learn Thanks Joe |
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Computer/software features in a digital camera
On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 15:47:57 +0200, Gisle Hannemyr
wrote: Joe writes: Computer/software features in a digital camera. I have my first digital camera that has any features. It is a Canon PowerShot S1 IS. One thing I noticed is a feature called Photo Effects. The Photo Effects feature has options called Vivid, Neutral, Low Sharpening, Sepia and B/W. My thinking is that these are really just software features built into the camera and are actually useless. I believe that I would be better off leaving that control alone, taking the shot with that control/feature in the off position and if I want to add those effects, do it with software on the computer at a later time. Any help understanding this would be appreciated. You've got it mostly right. The only one I would consider is "low sharpening" (assuming that this setting gives you lower sharpening than the default setting). Sharpening is lossy, so if you intend to do a lot of post-processing, you should have in-camera sharpening sett to minimum (and sharpen yourself after you've done the other adjustments). On the other hand, if you just want to print directly from the camera - in-camera sharpening is probably what you want. All the others, I'd leave alone - in particular: if you want monochrome (sepia or B&W) you are much better off doing it yourself where you can tune the conversion for best results. Btw. If you set your camera to capture RAW (instead of JPEG), all sort of in-camera software adjustments will be turned off by definition (RAW is the data as captured by the sensor), so RAW is the mode that will give the most latitude for post-processing work. Many find RAW a bit of overkill for casual work, tho'. Thanks for the explanation. I will keep it all in mind as I go forward. There really is a lot to learn Thanks Joe |
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