best camera settings for k100d super

hiya best camera settings for using jpeg on k100d super what are the best settings to use in menu many thanks in advance
mike

This will depend on how you like your pictures, oversharpened, over saturated, over bright. etc. it is a personal choice and will depend on:

a. the initial scene

b. the final 'look' you want.

It will depend primarily on whether you want to process your images on computer after taking them (in which case just use the default settings, and preferably shoot RAW), or whether you just want to print direct from the card.

If the latter, you have probably bought the wrong type of camera, but the best advice is to experiment and then stick with the results you like.

G

As this is getting very confusing, can we continue all three topics in this one please. I'm trying to merge them but it ain't working so far, so I'll lock the other two...

Mike,

As others have said, it all depends on your personal opinion. What is right for one person may well be wrong for someone else. It's up to you to experiment. Though you may want someone to give you a specific set of image parameters that you can go away with happy in the knowledge that these were the "best" settings, if there was only one correct set of parameters that were "right" then the manufacturer would apply those settings fixed in the design and not make them adjustable.

As others have said, shooting in raw mode is a good start. By doing this, you can install the Pentax Photo Laboratory software that came bundled with your camera and then see the effect of the different settings to be applied.

Try this:
Take a single image with your camera and then open it up using the Pentax Photo Lab (PPL) software. In PPL, select "Custom Processing" mode from the drop down buttons or by typing Alt + C. From the toolbar select "View" and, as a minimum, ensure that the boxes for
Preview
White balance
Tone
Other Settings
have been ticked.

In Custom Processing mode, you can vary a whole range of parameters as though you'd changed those settings on the camera before you took the picture. By changing these settings in PPL, processing the output, and looking at the difference it makes to the result on a single image, you will be able to decide which settings work best for you. What's more, if you keep the camera set to raw mode, you'll be able to retrospectively apply different settings later if your tastes change or a specific scene suits something different.

Once you've got the hang of doing this in PPL you can move on to a more advance raw processing package if you like, but PPL will get you going for starters.

Hope this helps.

Duncan

thats a great answer many thanks
mike