Color calibration software for Nikon Raw/NEF format

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condor_222
Aug 15, 2006
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Dear experts,

After years of shooting film cameras, I’ve recently
bought a digital SLR. A Nikon D70S.

I’ve also bought the three color calibration target.
White, gray, black, and have been watching the DVD.
http://www.photovisionvideo.com/target.html

The technique by Ed Pierce is impressive.

He is using Canon’s software to quickly change the color balance.

What is the equivilent Nikon software that would do the same thing?

Thanks
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Aug 15, 2006
I believe Ed was using a Canon DPP ?
Nikon equivalent will be the Nikon Capture NX or if you are looking for a free alternatives, Pixmantec RawShooter Essential is very good [and fast]

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Dear experts,

After years of shooting film cameras, I’ve recently
bought a digital SLR. A Nikon D70S.

I’ve also bought the three color calibration target.
White, gray, black, and have been watching the DVD.
http://www.photovisionvideo.com/target.html

The technique by Ed Pierce is impressive.

He is using Canon’s software to quickly change the color balance.
What is the equivilent Nikon software that would do the same thing?
Thanks
T
tomm42
Aug 15, 2006
wrote:
Dear experts,

After years of shooting film cameras, I’ve recently
bought a digital SLR. A Nikon D70S.

I’ve also bought the three color calibration target.
White, gray, black, and have been watching the DVD.
http://www.photovisionvideo.com/target.html

The technique by Ed Pierce is impressive.

He is using Canon’s software to quickly change the color balance.
What is the equivilent Nikon software that would do the same thing?
Thanks

If you are using Photoshop or Elements Adobe has a RAW opener. Works well, the Nikon Capture NX has some out of this world features, but you still needx Photoshop to finalize the image. Phase One’s Capture 1 is also a well thought of program.

Tom
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bmoag
Aug 15, 2006
You really need to learn to use an image processing program with color management, Adobe Elements/CS2 or PaintshopPro. For real world color management calibrating your monitor and using an image processing program properly is more important than using calibration targets. Photographing a target will provide calibration data only for the specific circumstances of that shoot. For studio work that can be valuable but is irrelevant to general photography. If you learn to shoot raw, and I do not see a reason to use a dSLR otherwise (the D70 is a fantastic raw camera when you learn to use it and software correctly), you will understand why photographing targets is irrelevant apart from reproducible, controlled lighting conditions. In reality trying to calibrate a scanner with specific targets is not really necessary and, in fact, not reliable for general use, although not everyone will agree on that. If you are shooting film under controlled circumstances using the same batch that will be developed the same way then including a calibration target on each roll can be helpful. However if you understand color management that step may not prove all that useful.

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