Comments on: Update Old Photos with New Nikon Picture Controls // Part 2

By: Nikon Picture Control Modes and Capture NX2 | Scott Fillmer

Nikon Picture Control Modes and Capture NX2 | Scott Fillmer — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:51:47 +0000

[...] DSLR user, this is for you. [I also have a post (part 2) that includes some photo examples called Update Old Photos with New Picture Controls if you would like to see the Nikon picture controls in [...]

By: Allan Jackson

Allan Jackson — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:28:28 +0000

Hi Scott. I have been fiddling some more with processing NEFs and it seems that the Camera Calibration feature in the recent versions of Camera Raw are a start for Adobe products on inheriting the camera settings from NEFS. I see that the options I get are very similar to the ones the camera gives me and I have no trouble applying a Vivid (or whatever) setting to my all NEFs at once. It may not be perfect with D-Lighting and sharpening and all that, but its better than the flat image that Adobe products start with. I haven't made up my mind about rating yet but I do like to shoot NEFs plus a small basic JPEG and use View NX (set to display the JPEGS only) to perform the initial inspection and cull. Cheers Allan Allan Jacksons last blog post..DSC_0130

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:08:38 +0000

@allan, I still have some of the same issues you are referring to as well... when you say rating the NEF's I generally use Adobe Bridge for that, which does hold their rating over most other adobe programs, but, it doesn't hold them when you open them in other programs, so nothing I have found works across the board, still. Scott Fillmers last blog post..Confessions of a Pastor by Craig Groeschel // Catalyst Photos

By: Allan Jackson

Allan Jackson — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:43:48 +0000

Hi Scott. I was having the same problems with vanishing Picture Controls and came across a reference to camera profiles after much searching. Do they fit the bill as far you're concerned? Also, do you know any way to do the initial viewing of NEFS and rate them so that the ratings persist, no matter whether you're following an Adobe or NX workflow? Cheers Allan Allan Jacksons last blog post..DSC_9889

By: Scott Fillmer

Scott Fillmer — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:08:52 +0000

@bern I agree, I need to get on with using the equipment and not just update/upgrading

By: Bern Carlisle

Bern Carlisle — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:46:42 +0000

Amazing, isn’t it, this ability to update old photos? Almost as if you’re cheating time somehow. BTW, I just downloaded the Portrait/Landscape Pic Controls for Cap NX2. Like you and Ken Rockwell, I like that saturated Velvia look. Not too subtle and maybe not refined, but you like what you like, right?
Also, I pulled the trigger on the D700 today. It should arrive day after tomorrow (all the way from New York city). I hope Nikon lets my cash flow have a rest before they introduce the D3x.