As in the previous thread, it has always been helpful to post an image here, to illustrate your question - and the best way to do that s to post your original image file from the camera, the
.dop file created by PhotoLab, and a copy of your finished, edited, image.
Anyway, moving on, my choice of cameras is usually Nikon, specifically my Nikon D780. In the camera settings, Nikon has pre-set many selections that they feel will help capture the best image. I got curious, went through the list of settings I was concerned about, and posted this:
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Since I am processing my images only in PhotoLab, should these settings be turned OFF in the Photo Shooting Menu in my D780?
White Balance - AUTO2 - I selected this, as the most appropriate choice for me
Set Picture Control. SD (Standard)
Active D-Lighting (OFF ?) - I already know this should be OFF
Long exposure NR (OFF ?)
High ISO NR (High, Normal, Low, or Off)
Vignette control (High, Normal, Low, or Off?)
Diffraction compensation (On, or Off)
Auto distortion control (On, or OFF)
I suspect PhotoLab will deal with these better than asking the camera do do so. This probably applies to anyone using a late model Nikon camera. The highlighted settings are what my camera is currently set to. This discussion has me wondering if the camera and PhotoLab are both doing the same thing? …does this even matter?
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…to which, @Joanna responded this way:
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Set Picture Control -Custom setting with everything set to 0
Active D-Lighting - OFF
Long exposure NR - OFF
High ISO NR - Off
Vignette control - Off
Diffraction compensation - could be useful, try it.
Auto distortion control - OFF
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I was very surprised, thinking that Nikon knew best, but apparently “best” is incorrect for PhotoLab, where the PhotoLab software perhaps does this as part of the image processing. This leaves me wondering what other settings on my Nikon should be changed, when I know I will be processing the images in PhotoLab?