JPEG Canon 5D wedding shooters ......HELP !

[WM]

Hi folks,

 

Just wondering if someone could help me out with a dilemma I am

having with the 5d that I just got.

 

Stepping up from the 10d, where not much is customisable, now I am

faced with "Picture Styles" in the 5D.

 

Which "Picture Style" do you use most often (or all the time) and

which level do you set the 'saturation, sharpness, contrast and

colour tone' for your wedding shooting ?

 

I know that most of you shoot RAW, so it does not matter, but if

there are any JPEG shooters, any advice would be of great help.

 

Thanks very much and Merry Christmas in advance !

 

Cheers,

Wee-Ming

[WM]

Or do you shoot everything under "standard" or "neutral" or "faithful" with everything as default and do any adjustments in PSCS ?

[grant g]

Unless you are being extra lazy, I'd use one of the settings that is 0,0,0,0 like 'neutral' or 'faithful' so that the file is as unmolested as possible by the camera.

[v.anisimov]

use the one that suits your subject/s. E.g, 'portrait' for portraits etc

[ben_rubinstein___mancheste]

If you are using faithful then you might as well shoot RAW, if you're going to post process them then get all the leeway you can get.

 

Personally I have 'standard' set to sharpness 5 contrast -1, all the rest as set. This gives me a preview that is nearer to how the files will eventually look.

[charlie_lyle]

I have the 5D as well: starting with the default standard setting, I lower the contrast and sharpenss a notch, and bump up the saturation. I'm still playing around with it, so this may change...