Just goes to show that exact color reproduction is not always what we're
after. There are too many digital/photography newbies who think that
everything needs to be white balanced. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/5/2010 12:49 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> I agree with your observations. It was made with room lighting, and I liked
> the warmth, especially for a Christmas-time shot. I suspect that the Takumar
> lens also produces slightly warmer colors.
> Yes, great-grandpa was happy with the shot.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hudson"<OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
>
>
>> On my monitor the skin tones look a wee bit too much on the red side.
>> HOWEVER .......... it is a fabulous super photo of mother and daughter.
>>
>> Grandad should be proud indeed.
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim Nichols"<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
>>
>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> I must agree with you about the E-1 and skin tones. Here is one I shot
>>> last
>>> Christmas, shortly after I got my E-1. I was very happy with the
>>> skintones.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Katie+Grace+_amp_+Kristin.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ken Norton"<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:17 AM
>>> Subject: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
>>>
>>>
>>>> Right up front, let's get something straight: I'm a rank amateur when it
>>>> comes to digital photography. I thought I was pretty good, but not the
>>>> case.
>>>> There is nothing more frustrating than to have your photographic chops
>>>> chopped off at the knees.
>>>>
>>>> My usual tools of choice when doing portraiture is the Olympus E-1 or
>>>> Portra
>>>> 160NC in an OM. Both technologies/mediums are simply outstanding for
>>>> photographing people. Unfortunately, I've learned that I use said
>>>> technologies as a crutch.
>>>>
>>>> I've done a number of portrait sessions now with the DMC-L1. The camera
>>>> is
>>>> really not that good for the task. There is a very slight shutter-delay
>>>> and
>>>> the viewfinder is simply gutwrench. However, the image-quality is very
>>>> good.
>>>>
>>>> Or is it?
>>>>
>>>> Skintones simply stink. Once I get the skin looking healthy, the rest of
>>>> the
>>>> colors in the image go to pot. Lighting that is perfect for the E-1 or
>>>> Portra films causes nasty burned highlights. Shadows that normally
>>>> remain
>>>> neutral take on different colorcasts. It's not actually very far off,
>>>> but
>>>> I'm not used to this problem. I'm used to my E-1 files being essentially
>>>> perfect right out of the camera. These I have to work for. Instead of a
>>>> gentle tweak, these require wholesale adjustments.
>>>>
>>>> I sent off several raw files to other photographers who shoot other
>>>> brands/models. What each one said was "this was normal". One guy told me
>>>> that my lighting is all wrong and he immediately identified specific
>>>> areas
>>>> of adjustment I needed to make. Basically, I've gotten lazy and just
>>>> been
>>>> winging it just because I could!
>>>>
>>>> So, now I've got this portrait session which I'm stumped on. The baby
>>>> pics
>>>> are safe--those are just one type of skintone to correct, but the family
>>>> shots (mother, father, 6mo old baby) are a disaster because all three
>>>> have
>>>> different skin characteristics. I'm at the point where I'll just do my
>>>> basic
>>>> editing on them and ship them off to Millers to color correct.
>>>>
>>>> Like I said--it's not off by far, but correcting it is beyond my
>>>> skillset.
>>>>
>>>> The E-1 lives to see another day!
>>>>
>>>> AG
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