Ctein is mainly talking about digicams. He puts a $400 top limit on
the price and expects a published curve without a viewfinder or RAW
file format. I think he is doomed to disappointment.
I think Canon publishes their curves in their white papers for their
DSLRs, but I could be wrong. While I don't think Nikon publishes
their own curve, it lets you load any custom curve you want at least
with certain cameras. There are people who provide their own custom
curves for nothing and many who provide them for sale. I doubt Nikon
is alone in that feature.
One thing I am not clear on is how curves entered into your raw
converter work. The whole point of providing adjustments in
something like ACR is so that they are part of the conversion process
causing less damage than doing it after the conversion. Why would not
the custom curve adjustment offered there also be included in the
conversion? Would not that solve the whole issue? Or am I missing
something?
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On May 5, 2007, at 4:46 PM, AG Schnozz wrote:
> What does it matter? Canon, Nikon, et-al are selling bucket-fulls of
> cameras without providing this information. Photographers obviously
> don't care. Who gives a rip about curves as long as ISO 1600 is
> clean.
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