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Aperture 3 – Nikon D300 Presets
Many of you have been sending me NEF files for cameras I do not own – Thank You. I am sure that people that download the presets will thank you as well. I have been working on them here and there. The ones I have posted so far are rough drafts. These are rough drafts as well. For cameras that I do own it takes me a while to home in on what I ultimately use and with some NEF files I have a couple of different ones depending on the scene.
As for the Nikon D300 – this is a camera I do not own and I have received very few NEF files so my test images are rather limited. Consider these two picture controls a draft – Standard and Landscape. I really would like some feedback from those of you that try them as they are definitely work in progress. The really funny thing is that Apple seems to get the colors wrong consistently but swings wildly on the amounts wrong as well as huge differences in default contrast with cameras – I guess too many Nikon shooters were complaining the defaults were too flat so Apple went the reverse on the D300 – from the samples I have it looks like the default Apple conversion for the D300 is really juiced up compared to the NX2 picture controls.
Anyway – here they are. The more feedback I get and the more files the better they will be. I have found that a lot of people are using my D200 presets for various Nikon cameras with some degree of “success” – I can tell you for a fact that they are WRONG for just about every other popular Nikon. Not as wrong as Aperture defaults but wrong. Also note that I did not include the yellow correction for the D200 presets because of a nasty Yellow – Green cross over. I will put a modified version or both versions out there soon.
D300 Presets (1092)On another note – I have test some other presets for Nikon picture control settings that are being sold on the market – I am unimpressed. I took a look at these and there is nothing in there that is remotely correct (for any NEF files). If any of you know of anything actually decent point us all that way. They do things like boost the saturation on the default blue and default green – that’s it. (Really – you are going to charge money for that? You’re kidding right?)
RB
Ps. I know these are way wrong – I want some examples that are way off so I can correct them. 
I have like 4 different scenes for the D300 right now.
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Oh one more thing – As soon as I get a chance I will start working on the Nikon Aperture Users forum/site/resources – whatever it turns out to be. The first thing I will do is organize all my articles on Nikon and Aperture so that they are easy to find.
RB
I’ve been trying to make a D5000 preset myself, based on the video RB posted a few days ago. I must say it is not an easy task. Yellows and greens seem to go in opposite hue ways, even very close to each other. It also seems to change with different brightness. What amazes me most is how *far* off they are from either the in-camera jpegs or NX2.
YRN,
I am working on the D5000 right now – we can compare notes. I have mentioned the yellow/green crossover issue a number of times. For a lot of my Nikon cameras I have two different sets presets I consider one general and one that fixes the Yellows more accurately. If I run into a situation that needs both the green fix and the yellow fix I deal with it individually.
The presets I am putting out there right now are more along the lines of a general fix that does not address the Yellow completely – the simple reason is that the green issue is a bigger deal for most people – esp when foliage is involved.
RB
YRN – one other thought – The green/yellow cross-over issue is the hardest to deal with as a general correction for all images. There are other colors that go in opposite directions but they are much further apart from a hue perspective. Ie. Reds go toward blue and blues go toward green (Reds get cooler/greens get warmer) – since you have magenta (red – blue mid point) separating them they are much easier to deal with.
When correcting the blue make sure you start with a hue that is closer to green/cyan and not navy as they do not need to go too far just the sky blues.
RB
I would love help in getting a D90 preset done. Would you be willing to do one if I sent over some D90 NEFs?
I sure would work on them – you can drop them here:
http://public.me.com/rwboyer
Let me know the names of them.
RB
RB,
Thanks for your efforts. I too would love the D90 presets. I emailed you a link to me public me.com folder with some D90 NEFs in case they are helpful.
I have been shooting a Nikon D300 for a year and a half now and have literally thousands of NEF’s with all kinds of subjects. I would be happy to share some if it will help.
Thanks! Done – Posted as D90-Porter-X.jpg (four of them). These are the untouched original NEFs which is what I assume you want.
Again many thanks
Posted a few other D300 ones…Thanks for your work.
Ben
RB,
I have uploaded six D300 NEF files that you can use to fine tune your presets. They are _DSC0970.NEF _DSC1353.NEF _DSC1376.NEF _DSC1378.NEF _DSC1498.NEF and _DSC1509.NEF. I shot these using “Vivid” in-camera presets. Aperature 3 is doing an good, though not great, treatment of these files. In some, the reds are way off, in others, the blues, greens and yellows. I think these are interesting shots to help with the preset tweeking.
Thanks so much!
I created a D90 preset for myself that I have shared here: http://lineargamma.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/aperture3d90/
The best Presets I have found so far far from Gavin Seim http://www.prophotoshow.net/blog/
Amazing.
Hi RB,
Thanks for your help.
I have been using yours D300 Presets on my pictures but I think that the blue colour is a bit too bright. Perhaps if the blue colour luminance was zero, it could be better.
Again, Thank you.
How do we get you NEF files? What are you looking for and how many to send? D300
You can email me or post back here
How do I use these presets? When I download the zip file and open it I get a .vsd file that nothing I own will open. Help please.
Thanx
Dave
Dave you should get an adjustment preset file that is opened in Aperture. Try importing it via the Aperture Adjustment preset dialog.
RB
One other thing – you will need Aperture 3
RB
Where i can find a present for my D3 ??? tanks.
Mario
From Italy.
Are you still updating the D300 profile? I have some NEF’s that I’d be happy to share if so.
Thanks!
Hi, i just bought Aperture 3. I’m disappointed with the raw conversion. I get purple fringing on the edge of objects in back light. In lightroom they look just fine.
Hi, I have just tried your preset and unfortunately they make the problem even worse. I am willing to share one of my NEF files with you if you e-mail me where i can send it to you.
Thanks a lot
Marco