Re: Nikon D1x
Re: Nikon D1x
- Subject: Re: Nikon D1x
- From: Rob Galbraith <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 20:41:27 -0700
Hi Roger,
In regards to your message:
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Please let me ask you how you end up choosing the workflow you describe: was
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the color accuracy straight out of Nikon Color Mode II not good enough for
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your needs? Grays not quite neutrals, perhaps? Or colors too saturated?
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Would you go as far as to say, then, that the D100's encoding of the
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original scene in AdobeRGB is not satisfactory? Or not "faithfull" enough to
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the subject?
In my work I handle a number of digital SLR models, and of them all my
favourite right-out-of-the-camera tone/colour comes from Nikon cameras set
to Mode II, with Tone Compensation on Low, currently. So, choosing to
profile a current Nikon camera for me is about moving the colour inches, not
miles. If I had to sum up the benefits of using a good Nikon digital camera
profile, they would be these:
*Elimination of a slight red cast that comes with the overall warmth of
Nikon colour
*Pleasing increase in contrast (but not as contrasty as Normal Tone
Compensation set in-camera)
*Greater consistency between D100 and D1X, which I use fairly
interchangeably, and where there is a saturation difference between each
camera when set to Mode II otherwise. There will also be greater consistency
between multiple bodies of the same model, though this isn't a factor for me
at the moment!
*Other, more minor/subtle colour changes around the photo that are an
improvement
The sum total of the above points is that I can convert from custom camera
profile to a working space in Photoshop and be staring at something that is
very close to being ready to print, at least from an overall colour/tone
perspective, and assuming that I shot the photo well. But, even without a
custom profile I'd be staring at something with pleasant colour, since I
think that Nikon has done a very good colour/tone job overall.
So, the changes that the profile makes to a given photo I would describe as
being workflow improving more than anything else, since the picture's
starting point on the screen is closer to a pleasing and printable position.
As Tom Lianza described so well in his earlier posting, most of the
photographic world doesn't want accurate colour, but instead we want
pleasing colour that shows a passing resemblance to the original scene. A
ColorEyes profile moves the hues in a picture to a more accurate place, but
the saturation is greater in the photo than in real life for sure.
I don't know if that answers your question, Roger, but I hope that helps.
-Rob
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