[Leica] On camera gamuts and the M8

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Thanks Doug, sounds like working in Adobe colour space will do for at  
least now. Which is the best RGB? sRGB and a whole lot of others  
spring up in different menus.

On 16/11/2006, at 10:51, telyt@earthlink.net wrote:

> Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Give that you wished to set up your Digital life from scratch, what
>> is the bare minimum you need?
>
>> In my simplistic way, I suspect I need a "photoshop" programme, (and
>> before it now a RAW converter) which knows my "imput" device be it
>> Olympus E 500 or DMR, and a sync device for my "monitor" and a final
>> "profile" to what ever output: lab or ink jet printer.
>
> Your RAW converter is where camera-specific profiles are used.   
> When you
> save the .TIFF file the RAW converter makes, be sure to embed your  
> working
> color space in the file.  A good color space is AdobeRGB a.k.a.  
> AdobeRGB
> (1998).  Your "photoshop" program needs to use the same working color
> space, and also needs to use the monitor profile made either by the  
> monitor
> calibrating device or by Adobe Gamma (the eyeball method).
>
> For your own printer, the printer profile is nessesary when you are
> deviating from the pre-set profiles embedded in the manufacturer's  
> printer
> driver.
>
> Some labs ask that you leave the file in your working color space  
> and embed
> the color space in the file, or they might want you to convert the  
> file to
> the profile for the specific paper/ink/printer combination you  
> want.  These
> profiles are generally supplied by the lab.
>
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>
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