Re: Humans (and cameras and scanners) do not have a color gamut (?)
Re: Humans (and cameras and scanners) do not have a color gamut (?)
- Subject: Re: Humans (and cameras and scanners) do not have a color gamut (?)
- From: Andrew Rodney via colorsync-users <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 14:11:40 -0700
> On Jan 8, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Martin Orpen via colorsync-users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> On 8 Jan 2020, at 20:28, Andrew Rodney via colorsync-users
>> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Now, get to work learning about what Color Gamut is. And how, indeed, so
>> many experts in the field of color have stated, digital cameras don't have a
>> color gamut.
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> How annoying for you that the real “experts in the field of colour” —
> printers, artists, photographers and all manner of other image makers
> continue to use the term "colour gamut” when talking about input devices.
"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
-Bertrand Russell
As the Chinese proverb says: "The first step towards genius is calling things
by their proper name."
> I’m happy to use the term as it’s a lot easier than “dynamic range gamut” and
> “colour mixing capability” etc etc.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and
wrong." H. L. Mencken
Andrew Rodney
http://www.digitaldog.net/ <http://www.digitaldog.net/>
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