Capture Workflow

Capturing and Evaluating Before your photo session begins, and occasionally during a session, you

Test Images

 

should capture and evaluate images to be sure that the lighting and camera

 

 

 

setup are producing the desired results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image Attribute

 

DCS Pro SLR/n Tool

Suggested Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exposure

Appearance of image on Image LCD

View images and interpret information from

 

 

 

 

the tool. Adjust camera settings (aperture,

 

 

Histogram Image mode (see page 11-2)

 

 

shutter speed, ISO) and/or lighting.

 

 

provides exposure information about the

 

 

Recapture image, if needed.

 

 

overall image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luminometer (see page 11-4) provides

 

 

 

exposure information about a specific area

 

 

 

of the image. It shows the level of luminance

 

 

 

channel saturation of pixels below the

 

 

 

crosshairs on the Image LCD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Focus

Zoom Image mode (see page 11-4)

View the image at 1:1 and evaluate sharpness

 

 

 

 

and edge definition in high-contrast areas

 

 

 

 

(for example, eyes). Adjust lens focus and/or

 

 

 

 

check and adjust the depth of field.

 

 

 

 

 

Color

Click Balance neutralizes color shifts in

Repeat, as necessary, when lighting

 

 

subsequently captured images.

conditions change.

 

 

 

 

 

Scene content and

Appearance of image on Image LCD

Look for undesirable details such as closed

 

composition

 

 

eyes. Recapture image, if needed.

 

Zoom Image mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capturing Images

Set up any of the following, as needed:

Vertical Release (see page 5-19)

Intervalometer (see page 5-20)

Job Tracker (see page 5-9)

Self Timer (see page 5-26)

Press the Shutter Release button (or the Vertical Shutter Release button) to capture the image.

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Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n manual Test Images, Capturing Images