Canon 5d II question

[Cygnus Studios]

I was shooting with some friends last night and they all shot Canon's. Is there a setting to adjust saturation, hue, contrast manually like the Nikon?
Nikon has a picture control in the menu allowing fine tune adjustments, is there anything like that in the 5D Mark II

[Nikolai]

I was shooting with some friends last night and they all shot Canon's. Is there a setting to adjust saturation, hue, contrast manually like the Nikon?
Nikon has a picture control in the menu allowing fine tune adjustments, is there anything like that in the 5D Mark II
Yes, it's called Picture Style. 5D2 (as well as 50D and IIRC 40D) has a direct button to access it. Naturally, it's for jpeg shooters, not RAW.

[kdog]

Yes, it's called Picture Style. 5D2 (as well as 50D and IIRC 40D) has a direct button to access it. Naturally, it's for jpeg shooters, not RAW.
:nod Waste of a button as far as I'm concerned.

[Nikolai]

Yes, in fact there's a dedicated button for it on the camera for quick access. Waste of a button as far as I'm concerned. Last thing in the world I want is my camera to bake a picture style into my image. I shoot RAW.

Cheers,
-joel

Well, at least they put that infamous Direct Print button for a good use... And it only took a few years... :wink

PS: Dang that Nik is quick on the draw... :bluduh
:rofl

[Cygnus Studios]

Yes, it's called Picture Style. 5D2 (as well as 50D and IIRC 40D) has a direct button to access it. Naturally, it's for jpeg shooters, not RAW.

Thanks! I finally got them shooting in manual mode last night. A few more trips and we will work on shooting in raw.

[Nikolai]

Thanks! I finally got them shooting in manual mode last night. A few more trips and we will work on shooting in raw.
LOL :rofl
Good job! :thumb
Next thing you know they start using layers... :wink

[RogerLund]

I personally do not recommend making adjustments in the camera, that is what RAW, and PS is for.

[Manfr3d]

:nod Waste of a button as far as I'm concerned.

We want dedicated mirror lockup button plz :deal

[Nikolai]

We want dedicated mirror lockup button plz :deal
If you own a camera with a custom menu, add MLU to it and it will be always right there. That's what I did.
Also, I personally use LiveView way more often than a MLU (since it reduced the vibrations much better and has other advantages), and it *does* have a dedicated button:-)

[kdog]

Also, I personally use LiveView way more often than a MLU (since it reduced the vibrations much better and has other advantages), and it *does* have a dedicated button:-)

I was going to say LiveView as well. :nod

Curious why you say it reduces vibration "much better" than MLU though. :scratch

Cheers,
-joel

[Nikolai]

I was going to say LiveView as well. :nod

Curious why you say it reduces vibration "much better" than MLU though. :scratch

Cheers,
-joel
If you try it in a very quiet room you will hear the sound difference. Less sound = less vibrations. :thumb

[Tee Why]

As mentioned, Canon has Picture styles. You can also make adjustments to the styles by adjusting the amount of saturation, contrast, sharpness, and WB/color tones if you don't like the default setting of the Picture styles.

If the image is shot in RAW and then opened using the Canon's DPP, then the settings are retained but of course you can adjust them (which you can't if you shoot in JPEG).

I'll guess they'll come around to RAW format down the road.