Re: Digital Camera Profiling
Re: Digital Camera Profiling
- Subject: Re: Digital Camera Profiling
- From: bruce fraser <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:24:19 -0700
At 7:27 PM -0400 4/17/03, Dave wrote:
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 07:04 PM, bruce fraser wrote:
I'm pretty sure you can come up with better reasons why a custom
profile may be a good solution -- the above really doesn't fly.
Bruce
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The reason is a custom profile will get you very close to matching
the color. Sure the contrast and density are subjective. The profile
just makes less work to do regarding the color; perfect/ no,
better/ definitely yes.
OK. But...
...CameraRAW is already nailing color for me on the two cameras with
which I've used it. My edits are almost all for contrast and density.
(Camera metamerism is occasionally an issue, but it's not one that
any ICC profile can solve.)
In the shooting situations you're describing, a custom profile is a
no-brainer. But people shooting live action in the field can't
possibly gray-balance the camera, or even set a custom white balance,
for every shot. Some of them are pros too.
I'm not arguing for or against the value of custom camera profiles,
I'm simply arguing against the reasons some people are presenting for
why custom camera profiles are essential. I have no argument with
posts like Jack Bingham's -- custom profiling obviously works well in
his workflow -- but I have numerous counterexamples that I can't just
dismiss any more than you and Jack can simply dismiss your experience.
Bruce
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