DL4 settings

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I am new to the DL4, and with its so many settings, I was wondering what are some of the settings people use?

How are your DL4's set-up?

What metering you use, what autofocus you use, etc...

Please share.

P

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[griffster]

Last night I discovered by accident that if you leave the burst shooting mode on and you use the self timer, the camera will take three pics in a row.

 

When it's low light I like to use Dynamic B&W set to ISO3200 and noise reduction all the way off.

[AlbertoDeRoma]

I am new to the DL4, and with its so many settings, I was wondering what are some of the settings people use?

How are your DL4's set-up?

What metering you use, what autofocus you use, etc...

Please share.

P

 

If there was ONE "magic" set-up I'd share it with you, but I change mine all the time. Ultimately you want to find YOUR photographic style, so I recommend you simply play with the various settings and, eventually, you'll end up with your own preferences.

 

While I don't have a single favorite setting here are some of my preferences:

 

I noticed that I like to use dynamic and vivid "film" most of the time.

 

I try to keep the ISO as low as the situation warrants (i.e. 80 for outdoor sunny days and 200-400(max) for indoor.) I use higher ISO when I intentionally want to add some grain/noise to the image.

 

When I have time to compose shots (e.g. still life or any controlled situation) I go full manual mode (even manual focus.) When I am outdoor trying to catch unexpected shots, I go either in P mode (but I pick the film type and ISO) or - rarely and if I am being lazy - in full Auto mode.

 

If the light is tricky, I take advantage of bracketing. Typically with +/- 2/3.

 

I programmed by custom settings for B&W (C1) and the first setting of the C2s is programmed for taking 3 different shots (it used to be 3 different film forms, but now it might be three different film types.)

 

There's more, but this should be enough to get you going. I, for one, plan to keep experimenting and finding new ways to use this little jewel.

 

I hope this helps.

 

Alberto

[simfan]

As others report ... always keep ISO as low as possible as it will increase/optimize DR.

I tend to underexpose -1/3 for stills, up to -1 for movies.

I use "P" a lot more than A and S.

In settings I turn down NR to -2.

I turn down sharpening as well.

Mostly use Standard film mode.

Almost always 16:9 (yet portraits in 3:2).

If you really have a lot of time and/or desire you should shoot RAW and di it yourself, but since IMHO I shoot too much for that I stick to JPEG.

But I agree with previous poster YMMV ... there are most probably no 'best' settings, only personal, thus subjective settings.

[regedit]

color settings is something personal but I found a good combination with N (nostalgic) color and flash (even I rarely use flash) and -2/3 on flash.

 

my C1 looks like this: Dyn B&W, M mode, auto iso, High speed focus (but I configure arrow down key to set focus type to cycle fast when needed), pre AF (useful and good balance between focus speed and batery life) and now with the new firmware zoom and focus resume (important if you try zone focus in full manual).

 

I also have an experimental personal mode C2-2 which I use for long tele simulation mode. here I open digital zoom and set image rez. to 3mp (this way you don't have quality loss but a very small file out put). here is also good to use P and set min shutter speed to 1/125 to reduce zoom blur.

 

play aroud with the camera and find what is best settings for you, because my best setting will not be your best setting.