Thanks Winsor. Just to be on the safe side, I set the contrast,
sharpness etc. to the low end, and it seems like I did the right
thing. I have just imported the 11 test images into Lightroom and
they look very good indeed.
Nathan
On 25-jan-2008, at 18:48, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>
> Not completely irrelevant. It is true that they can all be ignored or
> changed in post processing. However color curve settings, contrast and
> exposure all affect the jpg file that is used to create the image on
> the LCD. That jpg is also the source of the data for the histogram on
> the camera. If you use the histogram as a check on the accuracy of
> your exposure you can make significant exposure errors depending on
> your in camera settings. The usual advice if you are shooting RAW only
> is to, at least, set contrast and saturation to the low end of the
> scale for accurate exposure and maximum dynamic range.
>
>
> Winsor
> Long Beach, CA
> USA
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2008, at 9:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>>
>> My new E3 was delivered to my office this afternoon, and after
>> charging the battery for a couple of hours I played with the settings
>> etc., and I did take a few pictures of course. Trying to minimize
>> the reading of the manual, I pose this question here: am I correct in
>> assuming that all those silly settings of sharpness, contrast etc.
>> are irrelevant when I am shooting RAW only (not even RAW+JPEG, just
>> RAW)?
>>
>> TIA,
>> Nathan
>
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