On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Paul Hunt <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>> I never noticed the dcp2icc utility. Which is very cool. However, I just
>>>> tried it with the EOS 400D, and the images don't match at all with
>>>> camera generated images. The images are _very_ contrastless...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I've got same results with profiles for 5D. _very_ contrastless
>>>
>>> Still looking for working profiles.
>>>
>>
>> Wait, this could be very intentional... Since you can increase contrast
>> in UFRaw, using either the contrast slider, or by applying a curve...
>>
>>
> Straight out of the camera, plain raw images should look a little flat.
> This is why you shoot raw, so you can apply specific tone curves and
> adjustments to make the image look just how you want.

Well a little would be quite the understatement...

> It should not be expected that a de-bayered, but otherwise unprocessed,
> raw image will look like the camera jpeg.

Yes, of course... Part of that processing _can_ be in the profile...

> If a _camera_ profile is really making images "pop", then maybe the
> profile is doing more than it should be doing?

Well, I wonder... Since profiles can apply curves...

I wonder if images in Lightroom look this flat and unamazing when you open
them by default. Or does Lightroom apply a default curve...?

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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