7D Colour Saturation Help Please.

You should *always* spend time with your gear, particularly new gear, to play and experiment and understand the behaviour, and tweak things to your tastes.

A6TDH wrote in post #15501255
Thanks for the responces, the setting used was "Standard". Think I just need to experiment more, there are just so many possible variations.
I was going to say I need a few spare hours but I think days may be more appropriate.

My reply above is what I use to add just a bit more punch to images, but not overly so, I leave that for any final processing in photoshop.

A6TDH wrote in post #15501255
Thanks for the responces, the setting used was "Standard". Think I just need to experiment more, there are just so many possible variations.
I was going to say I need a few spare hours but I think days may be more appropriate.

In your 'spare time' have a look at this article written just for your situation: http://www.dpreview.co​m …from-canon-picture-styles

A6TDH wrote in post #15496516
I finally parted with my faithful Sony a550 & bought a Canon 7D. I am still trying to get my head around all the settings but am very pleased with the quality Focus & Exposure of the pictures. My problem is that the Jpegs all seem to be what is best described as a bit washed out. They are easily corrected in processing but my Sony Jpegs were normally fairly close when imported to my PC with only the odd one needing tweaking. I have re-read the 7D manual but can't find a solution. What, if anything, am I doing wrong?
Thanks

I'm not familiar with your Sony 550 but I did find that my Sony SLT A 77 was far more accurate in colour rendition than my new 7D. By that I mean, if without manipulation you just take a jpeg, the Sony nearly always seemed closer to real life!
I have learnt that if one makes a lot of setting changes on the 7D I.e. picture style and then the relevant setting levels of contrast and saturation etc you can equal the Sony picture colour quality and if you used it all the time, one could possibly better the average image taken by the Sony; because you would know this style of picture with this lighting and colours requires ab and c set to these specific settings.
I guess my conclusion is the Canon 7D is a more powerful tool and can equal and possibly surpass the results one gets with a Sony A 77 - but it far more time consuming and convoluted - best to learn to enjoy the complexity or you could risk hating your new camera. But one shouldn't degrade the Sony, because it is capable of taking jolly good pictures in a nano second and they are pretty dam good virtually every time!
I certainly would be awfully careful not to deride it, as a "point and shoot! Job"
As I've had some super results out of mine and a £750 G lens (with absolutely no set up messing around or pp) just aim and fire. Quite frankly I've seen some 7d pictures put up on this forum and taken with expensive lenses that don't come even close to the Sony.
Basically it's just a very different experience.

A6TDH wrote in post #15501255
Thanks for the responces, the setting used was "Standard". Think I just need to experiment more, there are just so many possible variations.
I was going to say I need a few spare hours but I think days may be more appropriate.

My guess would be Canon's "standard" is more neutral than your Sony's normal set up. I'm sure a bit of tweaking will get things closer to your liking.

jerefish wrote in post #15497590
Since I'm the person with the 7d maybe check my Flickr account and see that 0 of my photos are over saturated. Letting a noob help you pick your camera body is like driving with a blindfold on...

Except letting a noob pick your camera probably won't get anyone killed.:p

Follow Teamspeeds advice. If I'm ever shooting jPegs (about 1% of the time), his setup is what I use and it works.

I'm 7 months into my affair with a 7D and I'm still learning how to set it up for different situations.

coirchlid wrote in post #15510938
Except letting a noob pick your camera probably won't get anyone killed.:p

You never know these days...

I have my 60D set to the standard picture style with +1 on saturation and contrast and +3 on sharpness. The picture output looks pretty good to me. Try that on your 7d and tweak from there.

Shoot 7d here.

I do as little post as I can get away with. I have a custom picture style set to give me the "punch" I want in my jpegs, when I use them straight out of the camera.

When I'm doing volume shooting (say lots of different athletes at an event) it is not always practical to do much post on a large number of shots. At least not with a decent turn-around time.

Besides - if you are making the same basic corrections to all your shots, let your computer (either the one in your camera or the one on your desk) do it. That is what they are good for.

Jim

Before you go too far with custom settings, take a look at the same shots on a TV screen using and HDMI cable. You might be surprised how realistic the colours look from your 7D.

Yogi Bear wrote in post #15509605
In your 'spare time' have a look at this article written just for your situation: http://www.dpreview.co​m …from-canon-picture-styles

Good article. It looks like I need to lower my contrast settings a little.

SVT Wylde wrote in post #15515605
Good article. It looks like I need lower my contrast settings a little.

Glad that you found the article useful.

I keep my contrast in camera to -4 on the Neutral PS and adjust in post. I feel that Canon's 'standard OOC contrast' is way overdone, and I disagree with the common recommendation that former P&S owners should increase their contrast to duplicate P&S results on a DSLR. As Phil Preston documented in the above article, Canon DSLRs need less contrast, not more.

IMHO, YMMV.