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D2h Image Sharpening, and "voice memo"
Michael Myers, Photographer
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Miami Beach | FL | USA | Posted: 5:52 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> I've read in several places where it's "better" to not do any image sharpening in the camera, but instead to do it all in Photoshop. That makes sense to me - take the image as-is, and add sharpening only if you need to, and no more than necessary.
The D2h has seven settings for this:
Automatic
Normal
Low
Medium low
Medium high
High
None
Can I assume from the above that the recommended setting is "none", or are there reasons to use one of the other settings? It seems to me that one of the last steps I always want to do in Photoshop is to use the sharpening tool. I'm wondering if "none" means no processing at all (which is what it implies) or if it means it is actually processing the image to remove something (as an older camera I used to use implied in the seting menu). If "none" really means what it says, that's probably the recommended setting, right?
I thought I read about this in an earlier message, but I couldn't find it, nor could I find it on the "siphoto.com" site.
Second question - "voice memo". It seems to be a real handy tool for me to use to remember what each shot was. Is this all you guys use it for, or is it something that you save, to send along with the photo to editors or other people evaluating the photos you submit? |
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Mike Brice, Photographer
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Northwood | OH | USA | Posted: 6:06 PM on 05.27.04 |
->> None means no sharpening applied to the image by the camera. So for most people none is the best choice. However, if you were shooting say an on-site action photo event, you might want to apply some degree sharpening to speed up the workflow once the parent selected the image to buy. Especially if it is a daylight event where the added sharpening applied to the image wouldn't increase the noise.
As far as the voice memo, I have not really used it as part of the regular photo making process, just a few times to understand how it works, but I probably forgot how now. |
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Rob Kerr, Photographer
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Bend | OR | US | Posted: 1:21 AM on 05.28.04 |
->> I use the voice memo constantly...I now feel awkward with pens, pencils and notepad when gathering caption information. It has spoiled me. I am aware of being nervous about a compact flash failure and should find out how to recover lost .wav with PhotoRecover software.
'till then, I love the tool mostly in terrible weather when the logistics of writing become a pain.
Practice and learn it, it can be a really awesome tool. A frame must be showing in the LCD, hold the recored button and stay close to the mic. |
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Andrew Brosig, Photographer
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Nacogdoches | TX | USA | Posted: 9:43 AM on 05.28.04 |
->> The voice memo is great. I use it to record a short reminder of the play shooting sports, including jersey number if I don't know the player, inning/quarter, and a brief description of the action. Funny story: I was shooting baseball last week next to a kid from a non-competing weekly. I recorded a few memos of different plays. The kid turned to me and said, "I saw you talking to your camera. What are you doing?" When I told him about the voice memo recorder he just about freaked. I think he was almost ready to sell his Canon D60 and grab a Nikon right then.
I actually swim against the stream as far as sharpening goes. I usually leave the sharpening set to normal. When I first got the camera, I tried higher and lower sharpening settings but found I got the best results from the normal setting. |
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Paul W Gillespie, Photographer
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Annapolis | MD | USA | Posted: 11:12 AM on 05.28.04 |
| ->> I have used the voice memo function of various camera going back to the Kodak DCS 520 and love it. I find it is the best way of keeping track of what is going on when shooting sports. When I bought a canon 10d to replace my DCS 520 I was hating the fact it had no voice memo feature and then I switched to Nikon at work with a D1h that also was lacking voice memo. When we got our d2h's I was back on cloud nine. I now shoot with the d2h and have the d1h as a second body but I hate using it for sports because of no voice memo. I don't know why Nikon did not put it in when they designed the d1, the kodak dcs620 had it. |
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Tony Donaldson, Photographer
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Sherman Oaks | CA | USA | Posted: 11:36 AM on 05.28.04 |
| ->> I've found that for me, the way I shoot and process, that setting sharpness to "low" gives me better results than "none". But I've done extensive testing, and know which situations might not be great for this as well. |
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Jake Schoellkopf, Photographer
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Albuquerque | NM | USA | Posted: 7:03 PM on 05.28.04 |
->> How does one get to listen to a voice memo recording in an image browser? The one or two times I have made a voice recording I never saw the little music symbol show up in the image it should have been on when browsing in Photo Mechanic.
Jake |
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