D200 settings

[richard___7]

<p>Which menu settings give you the best skin-tone results, especially with speedlights (I'm using SB600)?</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>Richard</p>

[narayan]

<p>Richard, you can try the Mode I preset for portraits. Alternatively Mode II with low contrast/sharpening, moderate/normal saturation with some PP. If you use Capture, you can also try the downloadable picture controls - D2x Mode I or II and portrait.</p>

[1815photography]

<p>Try setting the white balance for flash. Do some test shots on yourself first. Personally, with my D200, I shoot RAW with the white balance set to automatic and adjust any problems with skin tone after the fact. The only time I don't do that is when I have an environment with multiple light sources that are really strong, i.e. some daylight, incandescent, fluorescent and flash ALL together. In cases like that I do test shots and set the white balance to manual to get the tones right, still shooting RAW of course.</p>

[Ray House]

<p>You can also set the white balance to "Flash" for a warmer more natural look. I think the best setting to use is RAW/NEF and you take control of the results instead of using JPEG and letting the camera decide.</p>