Nikon D3X - Studio Shooting Workflow

D3X Technical Guide
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Prepare equipment that ensures identical color reproduction
on the monitor and secure data storage
From shooting to delivery
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)
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)
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
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Stored in in-camera CF card
  •RAWandJPEGfiles
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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
Editing
•Onlyselectedimagesedited
•Basedonthesimulatedprocedure
•Fileconversion(onrequestofclientorart
director)
NFF => TIFF, NEF => JPEG
Selection (at the site)
•UtilizingratingfunctionofCaptureNX2
Delivery
Studio shooting workflow