From what she said it wasn't the noise but the way the photo looked when zoomed in had grain. Is this due to LR? What dies everyone else use to import and edit???
It does? I'm on lightroom 2, is 3 any better? What do other people use? I use lightroom for most of my processing too :-(
Dave, if you want. You can ping over a raw file and I can run it through LR3 too see if the NR addresses the 'grain' issue.
Also a a general principle.. you need to make sure your in-camera Zone setting is set to -1, a setting of 0 causes a 1/3 stop underexposure in metering. 0 is the default as well..bad choice.
How do you do this on the A700? Do you mean just setting the exposure compensation to -1?
Also a a general principle.. you need to make sure your in-camera Zone setting is set to -1, a setting of 0 causes a 1/3 stop underexposure in metering. 0 is the default as well..bad choice.
In my A900 there is a setting Creative Style, under which is another one called "Zone" which is set to 0 by default. 0 biases the meter 1/3rd of a stop under. Coupled with Lightrooms default 0.7EV push and you can end up with a noise situation easily.
I can't remember if the A700 has it.. I think it does... I've owned a couple of A700's but barely used them tbh!
Thanks, It does indeed have it. I've just set the creative style to Landscape and set the zone to -1. To be honest I always thought creative styles where only useful for JPG's and so kept it on standard, but i'll give it a go!
Zone biased the metering, so this will naturally impact the raw image as well.
Cheers....well I'll leave it on landscape then and give it a go to see how it goes on my next outing!
That works for me - you do need to keep an eye on the highlights a tad more, but I find the A900 has excellent dynamic range, so this isn't a problem generally.
I shoot my A900s in Standard: -, 0, 0, -1, -1
The default setting biases the A900 towards underexposure. My settings fix that.
Here are my settings compared to a Nikon D700 (A900 on the right)
What does 'zone' do? I never figured it out on the a700 either so left well alone.
Cheers....well I'll leave it on landscape then and give it a go to see how it goes on my next outing!
how do you turn on the histogram on the A700, I cant find it and also how do I check my firmware?
Mine is fine, are you using version 4 firmware?
Just a quickie for the 700 users, I have recently started to use the histogram on my A700 and just wondered is it possible to get just the one exposure histo instead of the RGB as I find the resulting picture so small in any sort of light i cant see any "blinkys" with it as it is. Ian
Hi guys, is the Minolta 50mm 1.7 a good lens for my A230 as a walkabout?
Thanks
If it's the same as mine, it's in the menu where you can set the self timer etc.
How do you set the A700 to use remote shutter... I saw it in the menu but cant find it again
You don't have to set anything, just plug in the remote release cable and use the button on that, if that is what you are asking about.