Curves: how to switch between them in camera

[gerry]

Hey all!

Ok, I have loaded some curves into my D70 (i think) in hopes to help my underexposure problem that I am dealing with. My question is, how do I know that the curves are loaded and how do I switch between them while out shooting photos. Where are they kept in the camera to be able to switch them. I hope this question makes some kind of since.

Thanks
Gerry

[gstark]

Hi Gerry.

You can't have loaded too many curves into your camera, as the D70 only permits one custom curve to be there at any point in time.

If you load one, and then try to load a second, that's perfectly fine; the secon overwrites the first, and you're still left with just the one.

To use the curve that you've loaded, pull up you menu, select the camera icon, optimize image, custom, tone comp, custom.

HTH.

[gerry]

gstark

THANK YOU!!!!!

That is what I needed to know...........

Gerry

[gstark]

Gerry,

My pleasure

[Killakoala]

I hope that 'Multiple Custom Curves' will be added in a future firmware update, but i doubt it. Still, one must remain optimistic.

[Oneputt]

That is one thing that I haven't played around with yet, but you made it sound so easy Gary I just try

[gstark]

You need to load the curve into the camera first ... using NC

There's quite a few around; I like the realia curve myself.

[NewbieD70]

Hi Gerry, someone gave me this ling which I found got me up to speed (as far as up to speed goes for me)
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dltucker/n ... s_home.htm

You can read all about curves and download some here.

I`m trying out one called White Wedding and I quite like the result so far

Hope you have some luck

Trevor

[Killakoala]

Heaps of curves available here

http://forum.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=1089

[sheepie]

I'm sure I saw somewhere that you could load a custom curve from a picture already on a CF card in you camera - they were suggesting this as a way around not having multiple curves.

The idea was to have a small CF card in your kit with example pics taken using different curves. When the situation arose where you wanted a different curve, you could load it from the CF card.

Mind you, I can't find this mentioned anywhere, and I've now searched several places. I may have been dreaming!

[digitor]

I'm sure I saw somewhere that you could load a custom curve from a picture already on a CF card in you camera - they were suggesting this as a way around not having multiple curves.

The idea was to have a small CF card in your kit with example pics taken using different curves. When the situation arose where you wanted a different curve, you could load it from the CF card.

Mind you, I can't find this mentioned anywhere, and I've now searched several places. I may have been dreaming!

Unfortunately, this technique can't be used with curves, but it is a good way of keeping multiple white balance settings at hand. One of the options on WB is to use the setting from an existing pic.

Cheers

[sheepie]

One of the options on WB is to use the setting from an existing pic.

Hrmmm - maybe that's what I was thinking of, knew I'd seen something like it!

Thanks for pointing this one out

Pity - would think that Custom Curve from existing pic would be far more useful to put in than WB from existing!

[gstark]

Pity - would think that Custom Curve from existing pic would be far more useful to put in than WB from existing!

Absobloodylutely!