On 4/10/2014 7:34 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> This is called being pedantic. <g> I actually know this. I was thinking
>> about all the folks who set their cameras to shoot jpeg and sRGB. I can't
>> recall the last time I shot a jpeg. RAW all the time, that's me. <g> Shoot
>> RAW, post process in ProPhoto. Gives you the greatest diameter of options
>> when contemplating what to do with an image.
> Sorry, but Moose was being slow and I couldn't let it sit there and have
> babies.
Oh, Oh, so sorry:
On 4/9/2014 7:50 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Ayuh. My rule is always shoot in the highest color space, and process in the
>> biggest bucket, which would be ProPhoto. You can always go down. You can't
>> go up. Monitors are getting better and better. So are printers and papers.
>> If you shoot in sRGB, you won't be able to take advantage of better monitors
>> and printers. If you shoot aRGB and process in ProPhoto, you will. I just
>> recabled my monitor after installing a new OS, and one of the byproducts is
>> increased color gamut on the monitor.
> If you shoot RAW, you are already in a non-color space. Color space is
> applied during the RAW conversion. Doesn't matter what the in-camera
> settings are, as RAW is RAW. (grin).
And your point is? It sounds like you are trying for a 'gotcha', but I'm not
buying.
RAW is also less than 16 bit (14, mostly, for newer cameras), one color channel
per pixel and linear luminance. The
whole point of a RAW is to translate that "RAW" data into a usefully accurate
file with three color channels per pixel,
viewable gamma and defined color space.
And one of the major points of shooting RAW is that it leaves open the
opportunity to make that translation differently
than the internal JPEG engine/converter. With those cameras systems I'm closely
familiar with, Canon and Oly µ4/3, the
RAW converters they provide are designed to duplicate the look of their in
camera processing. In both cases, I've
compared default outputs to default outputs of ACR, and prefer ACR (esp for the
top end of highlights).
I don't know about Panny µ4/3, as I have no interest in trying SlikyPix.
Sorry I'm Late to the Party,
Moose
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