Tested out the D700 Picture Control "D2XMODE1" mode with friends as subjects in the evening sun yesterday, similar to the Chinese Garden conditions taken a few days ago. What a difference the mode makes! The colour rendition is like of a different camera altogether. No more "Cooked-prawns" or "Drunken" reddish hue in the evening sunlight, even in Auto White Balance! Just lovely warm and natural looking sunlight and skin tones. I seem to see more blue now in the colour histogram. It seems like my favourite Picture Control mode for portraits on Asian skin tones now. I am unable to post some sample picture as my friends are rather shy!
I will have to try that; I have been getting crazy skin tones with my D700 for about a month now (I thought maybe it was after I turned on active D lighting). Thanks for all your info! I love your photos...they are beautiful!
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Hi Sandi,
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you! I realised later that even more important than the Picture Controls would be to nail the correct White Balance, which unfortunately I found that with the D700, isnt that fantastic in Auto WB mode. Now I usually set to Manual or key in the Kelvins for White Balance if I am not shooting events.
Best pic for Black Friday Nikon D700. Thanks
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