Leica X jpg settings for Skin Tone

[Jskywalker]

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My first Leica (a long post).

In May 2022, I was shopping for a compact that can accompany me for my weekly walk. I came across an X2, the price was reasonable, but sadly, the owner did not disclose everything and I didn't check properly. There's a visible dust on the sensor and the battery clip is missing 😖. I had to look for a 3rd party to repair it because Leica doesn't want to repair it as this model is already end of life. Luckily, the 3rd party did a great job. The X2 came back good as new. The repairer told me that dust gets in due to the movement of the lens. I had since bought a tube with filter and sort of seal it.

I'm very please with the landscape and building images when I set it to "Vivid". I'm lazy 😅 and doesn't like to do post processing...

But I realised that the skin tone in Vivid is too red or brown. How do I correct it in camera ? Should I use "Standard" instead when taking people ? How should I tweak the settings for taking people ?

 

[jaapv]

I fear that if you do not process the image you are stuck with the look some engineer liked and translated in firmware. You could use a more subdued jpg setting or use a simple postprocessing program like ON1 to tweak your photographs. ( well, it does allow extended processing but it can be used with presets)  it really is no use to have a camera that can produce high-level photographs and throw away more than half its potential. Even something like Snapseed on an iPad could solve your problem with very little effort. 

[wda]

6 hours ago, Jskywalker said:

My first Leica (a long post).

... I'm lazy 😅 and doesn't like to do post processing...

...

 

That is a pity. Why spend money repairing an old camera and miss out on its considerable potent? 

[dkCambridgeshire]

On 6/21/2022 at 4:51 AM, Jskywalker said:

My first Leica (a long post).

In May 2022, I was shopping for a compact that can accompany me for my weekly walk. I came across an X2, the price was reasonable, but sadly, the owner did not disclose everything and I didn't check properly. There's a visible dust on the sensor and the battery clip is missing 😖. I had to look for a 3rd party to repair it because Leica doesn't want to repair it as this model is already end of life. Luckily, the 3rd party did a great job. The X2 came back good as new. The repairer told me that dust gets in due to the movement of the lens. I had since bought a tube with filter and sort of seal it.

I'm very please with the landscape and building images when I set it to "Vivid". I'm lazy 😅 and doesn't like to do post processing...

But I realised that the skin tone in Vivid is too red or brown. How do I correct it in camera ? Should I use "Standard" instead when taking people ? How should I tweak the settings for taking people ?

 

Do you have any image processing software? Learning (via You Tube demos) how to use a basic post processing package such as Photoshop Elements could optimise your images and realise the camera's full imaging potential. You're likely missing out on a lot of the camera's imaging potential if you do not explore post processing. 

[Jskywalker]

Thanks all for your suggestions. 

I bought the camera 2nd hand and it doesn't come with any software. 

I had since downloaded Darktable. Am figuring how to use it to edit DNG.