Re: Nikon and SRGB + D60
Re: Nikon and SRGB + D60
- Subject: Re: Nikon and SRGB + D60
- From: Rob Galbraith <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 07:27:10 -0600
Hi Mark,
In regards to your message:
>
Is this also the case with the Canon D60?
>
I am considering buying one but are put off by the color space quoted as
>
being sRGB.
The D60 is sRGB all the way. There is no in-camera option for the processing
to occur within a different colour space, so its JPEGs will always be sRGB.
If you shoot on the D60's RAW .CRW setting, then process the file normally
through Canon's software, the conversion will occur within the sRGB colour
space.
There are other options to explore, include shooting RAW .CRW's, then
processing them using the Linear option, then applying a profile to convert
them to AdobeRGB et al on open into Photoshop. This might (emphasis on
might, as I haven't tried this) give you effectively a wider gamut. But if
you want to shoot JPEGs, you're stuck with sRGB as far as I can tell.
It's worth noting that my earlier comments about the D1X and avoiding its
sRGB setting do not apply universally to all digital cameras. The D60
delivers pretty good colour in my experience with it over the past couple of
months, even with its sRGB roots. For a camera to deliver bad colour
requires much more than a sub-optimum colour space - it requires a crappy
image sensor in the camera, incompetent colour scientists designing the
colour, or both.
So, good colour can come from sRGB cameras. But, thanks to the D1X, I've
come to believe that great colour only comes when a wider gamut like
AdobeRGB is tapped as the processing space.
-Rob
_______________________________________________
colorsync-users mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives:
http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/colorsync-users
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.