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Digital SLR / DSLR Camera Question / DSLR Thread 2

today's shots were surprisingly enough moto-related... road up to marin, muir woods, etc., around the city landmark spots. lots of slightly out of focus pics, as i forgot to make some adjustments that i'd screwed with earlier (ugg), but a few nice ones (about 10/105 :twofinger )

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I'm always trying to reverse engineer pictures.

Does anyone want to take a crack at guessing the lens (aperture, focal length) of this photo?

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Mail Tribune Photo / Jamie Lusch

I am guessing 70mm f2.8? Maybe 50mm? It's hard to tell because it also looks like it was cropped in post.
 
VeloceMoto said:
I'm always trying to reverse engineer pictures.

Does anyone want to take a crack at guessing the lens (aperture, focal length) of this photo?

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Mail Tribune Photo / Jamie Lusch

I am guessing 70mm f2.8? Maybe 50mm? It's hard to tell because it also looks like it was cropped in post.
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Looks like about 70-75mm equivalent, which could have also been a 50 on a crop sensor body. I'm going to say stopped down more like f/4-f/5.6, the DoF looks deeper than 2.8 IMO.
 
Lightroom question:

Why, after I import RAW (NEF) files to Lightroom, they seem to change HORRIBLY when I click on them in the library. Example: I'm in the library, I click a thumbnail, it appears crisp, clean, colors are great, and then it's as if some filter is applied and 2 seconds later the image magically changes to a washed-out/duller colors/lower saturation!!! WTF!!

Picasa does this also, but Lightroom apparently, too! What is going on? It's frustrating!
 
Same thing happens to me. I believe when you load it into Lightroom, it takes the raw file and converts it to a basic picture. The sample you see for the first few seconds is I believe how the camera took the picture with your settings (ie your saturation settings), while Lightroom turns the picture to it's 'raw' form. Just bump the saturation up a tad in lightroom and it should look normal again
 
BrassPremier said:
Same thing happens to me. I believe when you load it into Lightroom, it takes the raw file and converts it to a basic picture. The sample you see for the first few seconds is I believe how the camera took the picture with your settings (ie your saturation settings), while Lightroom turns the picture to it's 'raw' form. Just bump the saturation up a tad in lightroom and it should look normal again
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But that's dumb! Aggh! Why is it adding another step when one is not needed? :confused

Is there a way to override this? I can't imagine having to do this to 3,000 some images if you're a pro.
 
if you like the way the photo looks straight from the camera, stick with shooting jpeg. if you plan on shooting 3000 raw images and you want them to all come out well, you'd plan on modifying them all one by one anyway right?

if the shots are all pretty similar, i modify one to get the general setup i like, then copy the developing and paste it to all the similar shots. gives me a good rough start to all the photos
 
i neglected my camera for the majority of my trip to austin. i did come back with one that i liked. it's not the most amazing photographical masterpiece or anything. just a straight shot, but i like it.

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wannabe said:
That's cool, Dave. Is that the ceiling of a courthouse or something?
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Thanks! :thumbup

It's the state capitol building. Cool place for pics, as it's open to the public and has a ton of old stuff around, but plenty of people to get in the way as well.
 
VeloceMoto said:
But that's dumb! Aggh! Why is it adding another step when one is not needed? :confused

Is there a way to override this? I can't imagine having to do this to 3,000 some images if you're a pro.
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It's not adding a step. What it's doing is importing your raw photos exactly as they were captured, with neutral, accurate color and tone rendition. If you want vibrant, saturated photos you need to customize your import settings. You can dial in exactly how you want it to adjust your saturation, sharpening, vibrance, clarity, etc on import. It's like that on purpose. Remember, LR is a pro-oriented piece of software. Everything is customizable, and most of it can be automated once you decide exactly what you want. ;)
 
VeloceMoto said:
But that's dumb! Aggh! Why is it adding another step when one is not needed? :confused

Is there a way to override this? I can't imagine having to do this to 3,000 some images if you're a pro.
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Nick already answered your question, but I figured I'd add this little ditty just in case. Please note that when you 'import' pictures into Lightroom, all you are doing is telling the software where the pictures are on your hard drive. It does not make a copy of them in a separate folder. All you are doing is creating a link similar to a card catalog at the library.

I have had enough friends freak out because they imported all their pics into Lightroom then couldn't figure out what happened after they deleted the originals.
 
I import directly from the memory cards, and have LR set up to "Copy to new location" when I import. That way, my files are in a date-numbered file tree on two mirrored hard drives, and I have it change the file names to date-time-serial # so even if they all somehow got dumped into one ginormous bucket it would still be comparably easy to sort them out. Also, this way I never have to worry about having repeat filenames, e.g. DSC-0100 or whatever.
 
BrassPremier, Cycle61, wannabe: thanks for the explanation! :thumbup

I suppose I'll go through and setup some default presets to whiz them through upon import. Usually the on-camera optimization is decent. I started shooting raw for the "just in case" scenarios (which came in handy today, actually). Oh, and because the white balance settings on the d70 suck (the only thing reasonable is cloudy/shade, but that tends to be too warm for most situations).

So far I really like Lightroom. It's VERY detailed and customizable in every way imaginable! :)
 
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