Re: Accurate color from the camera - who wants it!
Re: Accurate color from the camera - who wants it!
- Subject: Re: Accurate color from the camera - who wants it!
- From: Andrew Rodney <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:56:28 -0600
- Thread-topic: Accurate color from the camera - who wants it!
On 7/14/07 10:56 AM, "Bob Frost" wrote:
> I agree with most of what you are saying - I don't think custom camera
> profiles are desirable either.
They are not undesirable unless they fail to work which in my experience is
often (flip a coin). When they work well, they work really well. But unlike
handling any other device (printer, scanner, display), you really don't know
when jumping through all the hoops is worthwhile and when its not. So with
CR, LR and Aperture, its a non issue. As long as you can produce the color
appearance you desire, its totally moot.
>I like the ACR approach. But I certainly
> don't want a camera/software that produces the Velvia look (unless it can be
> easily turned off permanently) just because some think it looks 'fantastic'
> (using the word in it's original meaning!!).
Its interesting now that we have the ability to control the rendering to a
tremendous degree, some photographers are asking for look profiles or
rendering settings that produce Velvia or some other film look. Of course,
anyone can say they've produced this and sell you (or give you) a setting
but is it really Velvia? Of course not. One could go into LR and crank up
the Vibrance slider, mess around with other rendering tweaks and if they
think it looks like Velvia, they can call it that and be done. So this is
again much like the 'accuracy' argument. Anyone can call what they do
accurate (or Velvia) but without actually making some measurements, who's to
say this is correct or not?
The Velvia look, on Velvia film looks different depending on how you expose
the image (a 14 stop can make a difference, pushing the film can make a
difference, the emulsion lot can make a difference). Shoot the same scene
with the same exposure and processing with both Ektachrome and Velvia and
yes, you'll see a difference on the light box. But short of that, anyone can
call their rendering Ektachrome or Velvia and get away with it.
Andrew Rodney
http://www.digitaldog.net/
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