40D question.

AnimalRights

ON my previous 400D and 450D I could get a lovely Sepia but on the 40D it is nowhere near what I want.
I have Toning effect set to Sepia and Filter effect set to Orange (or Yellow) and it just doesn't work.
Sepia is an effect I prob love the most and would hate not to have it!

Also I find the Colours "warmer" on Standard setting compared to the 450D.

Covey

Best done in PS or whatever you use and not in camera in my experience.

AnimalRights

I don't use PS/Gimp/Lightroom/Raw and it was perfect from my 450D.

rgiller

Covey wrote: »

Best done in PS or whatever you use and not in camera in my experience.

+1. Take the photo in Colour in RAW and do any conversions in PS or lightroom. Gives you the option of still using the colour version

Covey

AnimalRights wrote: »

I don't use PS/Gimp/Lightroom/Raw and it was perfect from my 450D.

You must use something to process your shots ?

It's easy to do in most processing software, even Picassa, which is pretty basic does a decent job.

Covey

AnimalRights wrote: »

Also I find the Colours "warmer" on Standard setting compared to the 450D.

Most camers/models are different.

Why not experiment until you get what you want and then save as a custom setting.

AnimalRights

Referring to the colours, yes I will mess around til I get what I want.
Referring to PP I use the Canon proggie that comes with Canons, maybe it's time to d/l something.

Ricky91t

You might as well get used to this they only stick stuff like that on the entry level cams to make it more appealing to new dslr buyers,
When you start to upgrade they focus more on technical specifications which is really what people want/need

AnimalRights

Might give a go to Lightroom, it would prob be easier to use, I don't want anything too complicated.
I liked this soundbite
"Lightroom's job is to help digital photographers with high-volume image workflows get their work done more efficiently. It does that primarily by presenting a streamlined interface targeted to common tasks"
Or maybe I'll just explore the apps that came with Canon some more.

challengemaster

You've been using camera settings for this?

Please, PLEASE get lightroom.

kensutz

Could you be a bit more helpful to the OP instead of slating him.

AnimalRights

D/l Lightroom and I'm fairly sure if I could get used to it it would be quite good, I did have trouble finding the sharpen feature?
I quite liked the before and after feature.

/edit Found it!

deRanged

it might be worth getting the trial of photoshop elements too - it's fairly straightforward to use. you can do a fair bit with it or just crop/resize if you're not into major post processing.

AnimalRights

Yep, gotta say there is way too much in this PP using Lightroom, I'm tbh into the fairly basic PP, especially as most of my photography is Gigs which in all honesty only need basic PP.