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Upgrading to Nikon Z9: Letting Go of Beloved Lenses

Upgrading to Nikon Z9: Letting Go of Beloved Lenses

by Stanley LearyJanuary 4, 2024September 1, 2025

Transitioning to a new camera system often means bidding farewell to trusted gear. As I delve deeper into the world of Nikon's Z9 system and its accompanying Z lenses, I've come to realize the remarkable…

Mastering Sports Photography: Anticipation, Positioning, and Gear

Mastering Sports Photography: Anticipation, Positioning, and Gear

by Stanley LearyDecember 31, 2023September 1, 2025

Caption to top photo: [NIKON Z 9, NIKKOR Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S, Mode = Aperture Priority, ISO 25600, 1/4000, ƒ/5.6, (35mm = 400)] Blog On My Nikon Z9 Sports Settings This blog post is…

The Evolution of Photography: How Technology Redefined the Professional Lens

The Evolution of Photography: How Technology Redefined the Professional Lens

by Stanley LearyDecember 29, 2023September 1, 2025

The photo above is of a finger, and the background has changed to a robot to use as an illustration with the help of generative fill in PhotoShop. Photography, as an art and a profession,…

Troubleshooting Nikon Camera Glitches: Unveiling Solutions Beyond the Exposure Triangle

Troubleshooting Nikon Camera Glitches: Unveiling Solutions Beyond the Exposure Triangle

by Stanley LearyDecember 23, 2023September 1, 2025

Photography is an art form intertwined with technology, and for Nikon camera owners, capturing moments can occasionally come with unexpected hiccups. Sometimes, those elusive glitches creep in, and the instinct is to blame the camera.…

Looking back to 2004 with the Nikon D100

Looking back to 2004 with the Nikon D100

by Stanley LearySeptember 23, 2017September 1, 2025

Learning to make bricks are Anna Roberts (left, age 7), Brandon Roberts (2nd left, age 10), Shaquaja Washington (3rd, age 8), and Caleb Edge (age 10) at the Habitat for Humanity International's Global Village &…

Which are you apart of? Group ƒ/64 or Group ƒ/1.4

Which are you apart of? Group ƒ/64 or Group ƒ/1.4

by Stanley LearyMarch 19, 2017November 16, 2025

Group ƒ/64 In 1930, Willard Van Dyke, Ansel Adams, and Edward Weston formed the Group ƒ/64. Group f/64 was founded by seven 20th-century San Francisco photographers who shared a standard photographic style characterized by sharply…

Making Photos POP!

Making Photos POP!

by Stanley LearyMarch 7, 2017November 21, 2025

Nikon D5, Sigma 35mm ƒ/1.4 DG Art, ISO 100, ƒ/1.4, 1/2500 Selective focus makes people pop out of photos or makes the backgrounds recede into a blur. And you choose what pops, what blurs, and…

How to capture better color with your camera

How to capture better color with your camera

by Stanley LearyApril 19, 2011September 1, 2025

Reflections in the hood and glass Polarizing filter eliminates reflections “I’ll fix that in post” is the mantra for so many photographers.  As long as you get the best possible exposure and shoot in the…

Why is my color off?

Why is my color off?

by Stanley LearyMarch 31, 2011September 1, 2025

Spyder2Express Color Calibration Everything can make or break a photo from the moment you click the shutter to make a photo to the final place where the photo is to be viewed. After you transfer…

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2 responses to “Why is my color off?”

  1. Stanley Leary Avatar
    Stanley Leary
    April 1, 2011

    If you had PhotoShop CS4 and now have CS5 it would look different. What you are addressing is really how each software is written makes them handle color a little differently. Believe it or not some of the chips in the cameras are actually the same chips but in different manufacturers cameras. While the chips are the same the software to write the information onto you card is different and will give you a different color.

    The one thing you have that you didn't have before calibrating is knowing your monitor is giving you the best and most accurate color it can give you. Hey, but even this can vary depending on which monitor tool you use. Try the Pantone Huey and it will give you a slightly different look. Only when the tools all try and give you the exact same color temperature, gamma and use similar targets will you get almost identical color.

    So, why do this, well without doing it you are even further in the dark and now you are within some sort of a tolerance. The difference was even more dramatic with CRT monitors (Old Tube Monitor).

  2. Chicky Avatar
    Chicky
    April 1, 2011

    That's so funny, I just used the spyder to calibrate my monitor not even a half hour ago. I'm having a lot of trouble with the color being consistent between Bridge, Photoshop and Lightroom. Do you have any tips? The spyder helped a lot, but there's still some inconsistency.

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