Hello,
I finally found the thread about this topic, from last summer ! Unfortunately, I couldn't find how to paste the link to the first message, sorry. Is is from 26th of july, 2016 and was started by Vidar Hoel. Its title : A better starting point for Nikon raw files. I've been using this method since then, I'm very satisfied with its results. Rgrds, J.-Luc > Message du 31/01/17 07:43 > De : "Remco Viëtor" > A : darktable-user@lists.darktable.org > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [darktable-user] Nikon D750 support? > > On lundi 30 janvier 2017 16:22:15 CET Jani Kajala wrote: > > Thanks for the tips, activating "shadows and highlights" module and "base > > curve" + changing base curve from "Nikon like" to "Nikon D750" indeed did > > the trick, now getting identical starting point in LR and DT, and this > > matches also very closely to default JPG output from the camera. > > Just keep in mind that the main reason to use RAW files is _not_ to reproduce > the in-camera jpegs (if it was, why bother). That's not to say that it > shouldn't be possible, but quite often you can do better than in-camera jpeg > (esp. wrt highlights and sharpening). > > A large part of the treatment depends on taste. For instance, I quite often > use the Leica-like basecurve, instead of the automatically selected > Sony-like. > That gets me a darker image, with less blown highlights (the Sony-like curve, > like some others, is _very_ flat at the right side, so less visible detail in > e.g. clouds). If that makes the shadows too dark, exposure fusion, tone > curve, > etc. correct that. And I often prefer a slightly darker image than the > default > jpeg gives me, anyway. > > So, for me, reproducing the in-camera jpeg would at best be a starting point. > > Remco > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
