
Six Kinds of Picture Control |
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Gives you standard, balanced images with no inconsistencies in the strength of the subject’s sharpening, contrast, brightness, saturation and coloration. Before you know it, you’ll be taking shots with vibrant colors that linger in the viewer’s memory. |
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Allow you to designate Nikon Picture Controls to which you’ve made adjustments and register them as custom Picture Controls. What’s more, you can input and register custom Picture Controls created on another camera or computer by reading them from a memory card. |
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For distinct, colorful, fresh-looking images with just the right emphasis on your subject’s contrast and sharpening. |
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Picture Controls can be displayed as coordinates on a grid, based on the common Picture Controls standard, with Contrast as the vertical axis and Saturation as the horizontal axis*. |
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Gives you monochromatic shading, such as black-and-white or sepia. |
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Enables you to not only adjust the brightness of an image, but also the gradations and richness of highlighted and shadowy areas within that image. |
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Imparts a more natural look to skin. Skin tones project a real sense of depth ? as if shot with professional-quality film ? with a clear, authentic finish. |
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Rich gradations with an eye-catching appeal enhance the vibrancy and liveliness of landscapes, nature and even city street scenes. |
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Picture Control SettingsChoose [Set Picture Control] from the shooting menu and a list appears. |
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You can also select settings from the grid display that show the relation between your selected |
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| To ensure optimum clarity, all pictures appearing on this Website were taken with either the Nikon D3X, D3S, D700, D300S or D90, at [Standard] Picture Control setting, and the resulting images were processed on a computer using Picture Control. Using one of these cameras and the same settings, you should be able to obtain similar results. |