Fuji Finepix S2 and Portraits

[Gymmie Bob]

I don't know but he did.

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> > Isn't the picking on his personality an insult also?
> >

> Where did I say anything about his personality?
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[Eyron]

WAIT

The S2 is no where near obsolete.
Its has the highest resolution and lowest noise of all the cameras in its
price class.
Far less noise that Kodaks new 14mp camera and a lot cheaper than Canons
11mp.
It has repordedly near 9 mp of resolution and great colors.
Low noise at high ISO and firewire.
And takes all my nikon gear.

Its a great camera.
Ask anyone who uses one.

EEO
"Gymmie Bob" <NoThanx@notspam.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, the S2 has less resolution than some -and is an old partially

obsolete

> camera.
>
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> > > I bought both my Fuji cameras at Target stores. Paying too much

doesn't

> > make

> > > the quality better.
> > >
> > >

> > Do you even come close to understanding the difference between an S2 and

a

> > $300 FinePix?
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>
>

[Eyron]

So.

To get correct color with no casts in portraiture I will either use raw mode
and adj. in PS or use Cust. white bal. set off a Kodak grey card while
firing the strobes?

Sound good???

What if I use a gold insert in the brollies(2).

Remember I am trying to get rid of the pink and add a little gold to match
the skin tones

EEO

"Eyron" <odd1@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> I am testing my S2 with studio flash run off the sync. port.
> I am using my Tamron 90/2.8 macro lense.
> My meter reading when I pop the flashes is,
> shutter speed 1/125 sec. and f stop F4.8.
> Exposure is good.
> Picts. are very sharp.
> They look great but not exactly accurate.
> Color has a slight pink cast.
> I am using daylight white bal. but I have tried auto as well.
> If I adjust in photshop it seems the picts. it need some red and yellow

to

> get the skin tones accurate.
>
> Anyone have experience with the S2 and studio portraiture?
> Why the slight pink cast?
>
> EEO
>
>
>

[Tesselator]

"Eyron" <odd1@rogers.com> wrote in message news:8wg_a.177920$rsJ.161098@news04.bloor.is.net.c able.rogers.com...

> So.
>
> To get correct color with no casts in portraiture I will either use raw mode
> and adj. in PS or use Cust. white bal. set off a Kodak grey card while
> firing the strobes?
>
> Sound good???
>
> What if I use a gold insert in the brollies(2).
>
> Remember I am trying to get rid of the pink and add a little gold to match
> the skin tones
>

Not sure but I think you need the inverse of gold (neg) in order to
ballance the cam for more gold in the shot. Probably photoshop and
a printer (and some testing) could serve you.

For example if you wanted to get rid of pink then a pink card would
be used... etc. At least I think that's right.

[Crownfield]

Gymmie Bob wrote:

>
> Yes, the S2 has less resolution than some -and is an old partially obsolete
> camera.

low noise, 12mp, asa 1600 to 100.
what is your camera with more than 12 mp?

any digital camera is obsolete the year it comes out.
they work perfectly anyway.

>
> "Bob Hatch" <bobhatch@go.com> wrote in message
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> > "Gymmie Bob" <NoThanx@notspam.com> wrote in message
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> > > I bought both my Fuji cameras at Target stores. Paying too much doesn't

> > make

> > > the quality better.
> > >
> > >

> > Do you even come close to understanding the difference between an S2 and a
> > $300 FinePix?
> > --
> > [url]http://www.bobhatch.com[/url]
> > Our web site about RV Stuff
> > A work in progress
> >
> >

[Crownfield]

Larry Miracle wrote:

>
> I think your problem is not color balance or white balance but
> oversaturation.
>
> The S2 seems to saturate colors more than some of the other cameras.
> Although this looks great outdoors it can look oversaturated when used
> with strobes.
> An oversaturated face looks red.
>
> Set COLOR to ORG (original) and set white balance to AUTO and you will
> be happy with the results.

using studio strobes and a blue seamless background?
will auto handle a color mix like that?

>
> Also in brightsunlight I like to set the TONE to ORG for maximum
> detail in highlights and shadow.
> Set COLOR to HIGH to add a little pop.
> I then use photoshop to add contrast if needed.
>
> Larry
>
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:11:47 GMT, "Eyron" <odd1@rogers.com> wrote:
>

> >I am testing my S2 with studio flash run off the sync. port.
> >I am using my Tamron 90/2.8 macro lense.
> >My meter reading when I pop the flashes is,
> >shutter speed 1/125 sec. and f stop F4.8.
> >Exposure is good.
> >Picts. are very sharp.
> >They look great but not exactly accurate.
> >Color has a slight pink cast.
> >I am using daylight white bal. but I have tried auto as well.
> >If I adjust in photshop it seems the picts. it need some red and yellow to
> >get the skin tones accurate.
> >
> >Anyone have experience with the S2 and studio portraiture?
> >Why the slight pink cast?
> >
> >EEO
> >
> >

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Crownfield <Crownfield@cox.net> writes:

> Gymmie Bob wrote:

> >
> > Yes, the S2 has less resolution than some -and is an old partially obsolete
> > camera.

>
> low noise, 12mp, asa 1600 to 100.
> what is your camera with more than 12 mp?

The S2 is a 6 megapixel camera.

> any digital camera is obsolete the year it comes out.
> they work perfectly anyway.

There's nothing clearly better in its space even now, I agree. (The
Kodak DCS 14n is a studio camera, not general purpose; doesn't handle
low light at all well. The Canon 1Ds is really cool but is in such a
different price class that they're not alternatives to each other.)
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