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Studio shooting workflow
Prepare equipment that ensures identical color reproduction
on the monitor and secure data storage
On an assignment
Reproduce the same environment as home/office/in-company studio
• Bring 20-in. monitor of the same maker, panel and settings
• Laptop notebook computer
• External hard disk x 2: mirroring to computer's HD and external HD with Nikon Transfer: via
e-SATA or CF card
• Wireless Transmitter WT-4 (wireless)
• CF card reader [Firewire 800] (wired)
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Home/office/in-company studio
• Strictly calibrated 24-in. monitor
• Desktop computer
• External hard disk x 2
Mirroring to computer's HD and external HD with
Nikon Transfer: via e-SATA or CF card
• Wireless Transmitter WT-4 (wireless)
• CF card reader [Firewire 800] (wired)
From shooting to delivery
Simulated procedure
• Settings of camera and lighting on the
premise of using Capture NX 2 after the shot
• Simulated editing of test shots using
Capture NX 2
• Expected final image confirmed on the
monitor (by client/art director)
• Settings adjusted on request
Shooting
• Image quality
NEF (RAW) + JPEG
◆ ◆ Stored in in-camera CF card
• RAW and JPEG files
◆ ◆ Transmitted to PC
• JPEG: Size (speed) priority
• NEF: To be edited with Capture NX 2
• WT-4 (wireless): Ad-hoc mode
=> For secure image transmission
Selection (at the site)
• Utilizing rating function of Capture NX 2
Editing
• Only selected images edited
• Based on the simulated procedure
• File conversion (on request of client or art
director)
NFF => TIFF, NEF => JPEG
Delivery
D 3 X Te c h n i c a l G u i d e
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