Canon picture styles

Okay so this post will be of limited interest to those of you who wanted some insight into living in Istanbul, but I've just figured out the picture styles on my DSLR and want to put them up on-screen side by side to compare, mainly for my own benefit. So:

All photographs were taken with a Canon 450D with a 50mm lens, f2.0. Recording to jpg (obvs not RAW as effects would be added in processing, rather than on the camera with these 'picture styles').

The numbers after the setting correspond to: Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation, and Color Tone. Shot indoors, under flourescent lighting, and the white balance was set accordingly.

Standard 7,-2, 1, 0

Neutral colours, slightly saturated reds.

Portrait 7, -2, -1, 0

Hue shifted to magenta.

Landscape 7, -2, -1, 0

Slight orange tone.

Neutral 7, -1, 1, 0

No overtones.

Faithful 7, -1, 1, 0

Pinkish overtone.

Monochrome 7, -2, Red filter

Filter emphasises contrast.

'Portrait-Snapshot' 7, -2, -1, 0

Well-modulated contrast.

'Autumn Hues' 7, -2, -1, 0

Colours more vivid, midtones brighter.

'Twilight' 7, -2, -1, 0

Magic!













The last three picture styles (more are available, but I can only store up to three 'User Defined' picture styles on my camera) are downloadable from Canon's website.

Thanks to this article for the advice in setup.