markovwgti 0 #1 March 16, 2009 Did anyone ever try or is currently shooting with the picture style in Landscape...I have it in Tv mode...and cant try it out now because its cloudy...but does putting the camera on landscape mode make the blue skies and white clouds stand out alot more... In all of my pictures of tandems or fun jumps i cant ever get the sky and clouds to stand out like i see in other photos! It just doesn't look as blue and white as others Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #2 March 16, 2009 I always used my XTi in the landscape picture style. It does bump up the saturation and the sharpness a little. Not even sure what my 50D is set to right now. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #3 March 16, 2009 Forget landscape; it sets (among other hings) the aperture quite low so everything is sharp but this can mean you end up with a very long shutter speed. Stick to using TV mode and figure out the white balance, aperture, color mode, contrast, saturation etc you want, that way you get consistant results and not have the camera change settings around on you. Read your manual, it may state what specific settings the landscape mode uses. ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #4 March 16, 2009 BTW it seems to be a typical American thing to want the photos so vibrant they seem (to me) over the top. Personally I like the saturation lower, and I never let the camera do any sharpening itself. It's both a taste thing and a workflow thing. For tandems you generally want the jpegs ready to go, meaning they are not as good for post-processing as a more "dull" jpg, but for yourself or for other jumps, shooting in RAW gives you the freedom te create those vibrant colors or not whatever you want and even just the non bumped-up jpegs offer some room to fiddle with them, more than the bumped-up jpegs do anyway. You'll see cameras that out-of-the-box take very saturated and sharpened pics, those are generally the cheaper models (Canon 300D-450D etc, Sony's DSLRs, Nikon D40-D60 etc). The more pro bodies you get the more "dull" the pics seem at factory settings and the more work there is for the photographer to make them look good, but they can be made to look better than the cheaper models can, providing you know what you're doing. The same goes for the shooting mode you choose: the picture modes can deliver decent pics but the "manual" modes can deliver better pics and do so more consistantly, provided you set the camera right. ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMFin 0 #5 March 16, 2009 Just so you know, exposure program is different thing than picture style choice in the canon lineup. You can still shoot manual exposure, but use landscape picture style. When you shoot JPG tandems and dont have time to PP the photos, then its a good idea to look at which picture style you want to use. When shooting RAW, it has no real significance.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #6 March 16, 2009 This is similar to your question in the CX100 thread and storable profiles. I like Landscape for tandems, it's deeper/more rich and the JPEGS are ready to go at the bottom. I shoot RAW for most everything else. I've also created a custom profile/setting for my stuff with a saturation push. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markovwgti 0 #7 March 17, 2009 Yeah i dont just use the landscape setting for tandem photos...i put it on TV mode and then go into the menu and click landscape picture style! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snafuhere 0 #8 March 17, 2009 landscape is the way to go. blue is more blue, colors are more vivid, it simply looks great. I mostly shot with saturation +2 and sharpness +? no editing necessary http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2008081113.jpg http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2008081115.jpg http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/2008090612.jpg https://www.facebook.com/1skydive/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markovwgti 0 #9 March 17, 2009 Quote landscape is the way to go. blue is more blue, colors are more vivid, it simply looks great. I mostly shot with saturation +2 and sharpness +? no editing necessary http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2008081113.jpg http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2008081115.jpg http://skydivecamera.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/2008090612.jpg Key Question right here...OD you shoot in landscape mode with the little mountain on the dial...or do you shoot in TV mode and then change the picture style on the settings to landscape? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pilotdave 0 #10 March 17, 2009 His shots have the exif data intact. He was in Tv mode. Dave Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragon2 2 #11 March 18, 2009 Quote His shots have the exif data intact. He was in Tv mode. Dave Right-o, in that case, good settings to jump with (if saturated pics is your goal), confusing name though, landscape setting, could mean 3 diferent things ciel bleu, Saskia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
