I say Mandatory because there
doesnt appear to be a way to use a D100 or D70 without assigning one of these
three modes. I assumed these were
assigned input profiles, which could be stripped off after exposure and replaced
with my own. I have been using a
TIF file made with fixed raw conversion settings in Nikon Capture Editor to make
profiles for specific lighting and polarisation set- ups in studio.
But now, after finally finding
the time to test controlled samples using all three of these modes it appears as
though the data is different in all three cases. As far as I know the only
possible explanation for this is that the NEF file generated by the cameras has
already been converted via an input profile to a destination workspace.
The thing that mystifies me
the most is that I didnt think you could profile raw format, after all, raw
format hardly even knows its a picture, so where and when is this conversion
taking place?
And here is the punch line,
when I bring these three NEF files in through Camera Raw (CS 1) the data of all
three files is identical, just like synchronized swimmers.
Any help out of this rabbit
hole will be appreciated
Thank
you
Eugene Appert