Guide Print-DLGm (adjusting DLGm parameters)

Selecting the Guide Print-DLGm layout before printing enables a color guide to be printed for the DLGm parameters. Since the picture used for printing is the picture being played back on the camera, you can actually adjust the picture quality while looking at the picture.

The picture in the center is printed using the current color tone adjustment values. Six playback images of differing color are printed around this picture.

This is a picture showing the DARK parameter increased by 3 from the current state. With focus on the deep parts, this has become a picture with more depth than the current one.

This is a picture showing the current state of the DARK, LIGHT, and GAMMA parameters.

This is a picture showing the LIGHT parameter decreased by 3 from the current state. The light parts become slightly darker than in the current picture.

This is a picture showing the DARK parameter decreased by 3 from the current state. The deep parts become lighter as if the picture was taken in a bright place.

This is a picture showing the LIGHT parameter increased by 3 from the current state.

The light parts become lighter than in the current picture.

This is a picture showing the GAMMA parameter increased by 3 from the current state. The halftones become slightly darker than in the current picture.

The current state of each of the

RED, GREEN, and BLUE

parameters is displayed for reference.

Shooting conditions of the camera

This is a picture showing the GAMMA parameter decreased by 3 from the current state.

The halftones become slightly lighter than in the current picture.

The values below each of the pictures are for the D, L, and Gm parameters. If, for example, you want to use the tone on the top left in the figure above, set the D parameter to +3 because (DARK, LIGHT, GAMMA) = (+3, 0, 0).

If you want to adjust (DARK, LIGHT, GAMMA) = (+3, 0, 0) further, set the D parameter to +3, and then print another Guide Print-DLGm. This will give you a simulation picture for each parameter variation with (DARK, LIGHT, GAMMA) = (+3, 0, 0) in the center.

Advice on adjusting color tones

The guide print function gives you a rough guide as to how to adjust the color tone. However, if you understand the following, you can use this function to its full potential.

The guide print can also be used for black & white prints. Black & white pictures printed with this system are printed by overlaying the three colors cyan, magenta, and yellow to express gray. Therefore, a perfectly achromatic picture may not be obtained and colors may sometimes be visible. A black & white guide print can be used to adjust the balance of these three colors.

Complementary colors

Pictures are made up of the data of three colors (R data, G data, and B data). The color tone adjustment function can be used to change the balance of these three colors. When the R parameter is changed, the CYN-RED (cyan and red) indication appears on the LCD. Similarly, the MAG-GRN (magenta and green) indication appear on the LCD when the G parameter is changed, and the YEL-BLU (yellow and blue) indication appear on the LCD when the B parameter is changed.

The complementary colors cyan and red, magenta and green, and yellow and blue are related. For example, increasing red makes cyan lighter and decreasing red makes cyan deeper.

Adjusting the Printer Picture Quality

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