Retouching allows you to modify your images in-camera. If
you like to do digital photography but don’t particularly like
to adjust images on a computer, these functions are for you!
Obviously, the camera’s Monitor is not large enough to allow
you to make heavily creative changes to an image—as you
could do within Nikon Capture NX2 or Photoshop. However,
it is surprising just what you can accomplish with the Retouch
Menu.
The D300S has 11 Retouch Menu selections, while the D300
has eight. Here is a list of each function and what it does:
▪ D-Lighting – Opens up detail in the shadows and tends
to protect highlight details from blowing out. This is
similar to the Shooting Menu > Active D-Lighting
function, but it’s applied after the image is taken.
▪ Red-eye correction – Removes the unwanted “red-eye”
effect caused by light from a flash reflecting back from
the eyes of your human subjects.
▪ Trim – Creates a trimmed (cropped) copy of a selected
photograph. You can crop the image in several aspect
ratios in the D300S, including 1:1, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4, and
16:9. The D300 only has 3:2, 4:3, and 5:4.
▪ Monochrome – Lets you convert your color images
into monochrome. There are three tints available,
including Black-and-white (grays), Sepia (reddish), and
Cyanotype (bluish).
▪ Filter effects – Allows you to “warm up” an image in a
couple of ways. First, the Skylight filter effect removes
blue. Second, the Warm filter adds a warm red cast.
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