p.1 #1 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
I have a D810 and D610. Good glass. 58G, 85G 1.4. Etc.
I was just looking at some of my images from when I shot Canon 5D3 50L 85L. Man, I really love the tones, warm and real skin tones. I. Miss. Them.
So I began to read. Always trouble.
Is it true that the Nikon D750 bridges that skin tone gap? The colors are beautiful and skin tones are more pleasing, much like that which my Canon bodies produce? Never shot this body, now I'm intrigued.
If you have experience with these bodies, please share your insight. Specific to the D750 being a game changer.
p.1 #2 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
I think Nikon D810 gives much nicer skin tones compared to D610 (D600) I will say much closer to Canon
Sometimes I use D810 and Canon 6D during the same photoshoot, and I must say D810 surprise me. But if i did not find mega deal for D810 last year i will sell my Nikon lenses and get Canon for nice skin tones
p.1 #3 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
There are no issues with skin tones on Nikon bodies...and if you're at all worried just take 10 seconds and make a profile with a Colorchecker Passport. The whole skin tone thing is not only wildly subjective and blown out of proportion, but also usually from people who don't venture away from default settings or don't want to do the simplest of PP to match whatever they happen to prefer. If you're considering Nikon, skintones wouldn't even be on my list of things to look at but that's just me. If you're a SOOC kind of person, Portrait and Neutral profiles do a pretty good job.
p.1 #4 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Coming from a 5D2, I never thought that the skin tones on the D750 was that different. I liked how the whites of the eyes stayed brighter than it did with Canon.
I've never compared with SOC JPEGs but it hasn't been a concern with RAW.
p.1 #5 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
CanadaMark wrote:
There are no issues with skin tones on Nikon bodies...
curious if you've ever shot with 5d2 or 5d3?
Apr 20, 2016 at 08:46 AM
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p.1 #6 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Yepp, a non- issue!
If you're not satisfied with skin tones, wether it's Nikon or Canon, adjust in camera to your preference.
D750 a gamechanger in this regard? No.
Spend such amount of money on a camera and not familiar with such an option...start reading the manual folks ;-).
]CanadaMark wrote:
There are no issues with skin tones on Nikon bodies...and if you're at all worried just take 10 seconds and make a profile with a Colorchecker Passport. The whole skin tone thing is not only wildly subjective and blown out of proportion, but also usually from people who don't venture away from default settings or don't want to do the simplest of PP to match whatever they happen to prefer. If you're considering Nikon, skintones wouldn't even be on my list of things to look at but that's just me. If you're a SOOC kind of person, Portrait and Neutral profiles do a pretty good job.
p.1 #7 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
I strongly disliked skin tones with the D800, but I don't see the same colors with the D750. IMO the D750 is fine in this regard. I've shot 5d, 5d2, 5d3, D800, D750 for weddings. Always RAW, usually edited in lightroom first. The base product has seemed different for every camera, with the color favorite always seeming to be the camera I spent the most time using last EXCEPT with the D750. 5d seemed better than 5d2 for a long time, then 5d2 seemed miles better than 5d3, then D800 came and the 5d3 seemed better than that, but then the D750 came along and I said, "This is close enough to Canon that I don't miss the Canon skin anymore."
Still miss the Canon ergo, Canon lenses, Canon 35L insta-focus speeds.
p.1 #8 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Dj R wrote:
curious if you've ever shot with 5d2 or 5d3?
I've used both over the years at some point, yes. Skintones were fine but nothing special (in my opinion) and good skin-tones were nothing I couldn't also easily also get from Nikon bodies. I find the whole thing very much overblown, and when I read that is the sole reason some people have chosen the Canon system I find it hilarious. Fashion and wedding photographers have used both since the beginning of digital without issue. YMMV of course.
p.1 #9 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
form wrote:
I strongly disliked skin tones with the D800, but I don't see the same colors with the D750. IMO the D750 is fine in this regard. I've shot 5d, 5d2, 5d3, D800, D750 for weddings. Always RAW, usually edited in lightroom first. The base product has seemed different for every camera, with the color favorite always seeming to be the camera I spent the most time using last EXCEPT with the D750. 5d seemed better than 5d2 for a long time, then 5d2 seemed miles better than 5d3, then D800 came and the 5d3 seemed better than that, but then the D750 came along and I said, "This is close enough to Canon that I don't miss the Canon skin anymore."
Still miss the Canon ergo, Canon lenses, Canon 35L insta-focus speeds....Show more →
thanks so much for that reply.
I only use LR for post.
stinks that some folks have to get borderline offensive.
it's a real thing.
and since I never had to tweak anything, with canon for 10 years, it's something I need to take some time now, to iron out.
thx
p.1 #11 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
If you use Auto WB, you can set it to Auto WB 2 which preserves warmer colours and in most cases it looks better but then this won't matter if you PP it anyway!
p.1 #12 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
I wouldn't change cameras just for color reasons. It would have to be things like focus system, other better performance, etc.
Apr 20, 2016 at 02:24 PM
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p.1 #13 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Hmm, never had to adjust Nikon skintones. Like them much better than the reddish Canon. Guess YMMV..........
Dj R wrote:
thanks so much for that reply.
I only use LR for post.
stinks that some folks have to get borderline offensive.
it's a real thing.
and since I never had to tweak anything, with canon for 10 years, it's something I need to take some time now, to iron out.
thx
p.1 #15 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Two things I really wish the D750 did better: Presence of a PC sync port (so useful sometimes when your hot shoe is too deep for some triggers to make reliable contact!) and really loud, jarring shutter slap. Bigger buffer for dual card writing would be nice too.
p.1 #16 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Coming from a Canon 6D (and before that a 5D III), I have found the skin tones to look really good on the D750. The auto WB also seems to be more consistent with the D750.
No problems with Yongnuo flash triggers, just lock them down once the locking pin clicks into place.
p.1 #17 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
What CanadaMark said: absolutely right.
Apr 20, 2016 at 09:06 PM
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p.1 #18 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
Hilarious, yes it is!
CanadaMark wrote:
I've used both over the years at some point, yes. Skintones were fine but nothing special (in my opinion) and good skin-tones were nothing I couldn't also easily also get from Nikon bodies. I find the whole thing very much overblown, and when I read that is the sole reason some people have chosen the Canon system I find it hilarious. Fashion and wedding photographers have used both since the beginning of digital without issue. YMMV of course.
p.1 #19 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
CanadaMark wrote:
I find the whole thing very much overblown, and when I read that is the sole reason some people have chosen the Canon system I find it hilarious. Fashion and wedding photographers have used both since the beginning of digital without issue. YMMV of course.
It is pretty crazy. The differences in RAW converters and profiles are bigger than between the cameras themselves.
p.1 #20 · Former canon user, question about D750 skin tones and color. D810 owner thx
It is very subjective, like preferring Kodachrome or Velvia film emulsions. I have found that Canon produces a better image when capturing JPEG but shooting RAW the Nikon produces a more neutral file with less in the way of color saturation.
