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Subject: Re: [OM] Head Pounding Moment
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:36:41 -0500
Ken,

I must agree with you about the E-1 and skin tones.  Here is one I shot last 
Christmas, shortly after I got my E-1.  I was very happy with the skintones.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Katie+Grace+_amp_+Kristin.jpg.html

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2010 9:17 AM
Subject: [OM] Head Pounding Moment


> Right up front, let's get something straight: I'm a rank amateur when it
> comes to digital photography. I thought I was pretty good, but not the 
> case.
> There is nothing more frustrating than to have your photographic chops
> chopped off at the knees.
>
> My usual tools of choice when doing portraiture is the Olympus E-1 or 
> Portra
> 160NC in an OM. Both technologies/mediums are simply outstanding for
> photographing people. Unfortunately, I've learned that I use said
> technologies as a crutch.
>
> I've done a number of portrait sessions now with the DMC-L1. The camera is
> really not that good for the task. There is a very slight shutter-delay 
> and
> the viewfinder is simply gutwrench. However, the image-quality is very 
> good.
>
> Or is it?
>
> Skintones simply stink. Once I get the skin looking healthy, the rest of 
> the
> colors in the image go to pot. Lighting that is perfect for the E-1 or
> Portra films causes nasty burned highlights. Shadows that normally remain
> neutral take on different colorcasts. It's not actually very far off, but
> I'm not used to this problem. I'm used to my E-1 files being essentially
> perfect right out of the camera. These I have to work for. Instead of a
> gentle tweak, these require wholesale adjustments.
>
> I sent off several raw files to other photographers who shoot other
> brands/models. What each one said was "this was normal". One guy told me
> that my lighting is all wrong and he immediately identified specific areas
> of adjustment I needed to make. Basically, I've gotten lazy and just been
> winging it just because I could!
>
> So, now I've got this portrait session which I'm stumped on. The baby pics
> are safe--those are just one type of skintone to correct, but the family
> shots (mother, father, 6mo old baby) are a disaster because all three have
> different skin characteristics. I'm at the point where I'll just do my 
> basic
> editing on them and ship them off to Millers to color correct.
>
> Like I said--it's not off by far, but correcting it is beyond my skillset.
>
> The E-1 lives to see another day!
>
> AG
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