Re: Of colorful scepticism & Digital cameras
Re: Of colorful scepticism & Digital cameras
- Subject: Re: Of colorful scepticism & Digital cameras
- From: information <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 09:54:04 -0400
Hi All
On the subject of shooting on film & then scanning that film. Then
expecting to get a consistent result, it won't happen!
There are way to many variables, film batch, processing, color temp of light
& color of the lens. So its not a fair comparison.
When you shoot on digital, with either a scanning or single capture camera
you can include a grey card in each different lighting situation if on a
single capture camera, with a scanning back you take a reading from a grey
scale & then balance for what ever type of lighting.
Now with the single capture shots you have a reference point for the
lighting of each set up, you can balance the images in batches, as per
lighting situation. Then add the profile to the images after that, to allow
for how the chip sees things. With the scanning back once have balanced for
the lighting & then do the final capture the software will embed a profile
for that back.
This should really be the photographers responsibility to deliver a profiled
image to the client. I do.
So this way my clients & there printers no what to expect. Then hopefully
this makes us all look good.
Gadge