Ditto. sRGB seems to get a bad rap from some purists, but it is the
de facto standard of labs in the U.S.
Yes, other color spaces have extended gamut, but can they be
reproduced effectively?
Will Crockett (a commercial shooter/teacher in Aurora, IL/USA)
addresses this question at some length in a few articles at his site.
This one is the most specific:
http://shootsmarter.com/infocenter/wc025.html
If you're not registered, it's free to join and they ask for very
little personal data. The site has a wealth of useful information.
And yes, they do sell classes and DVDs. Will's one of the better
teachers in the biz and a very nice guy.
ScottGee1
On 7/19/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't understand the sRGB comment. Almost every commercial lab in the
> country prints in sRGB and if you don't send them sRGB they'll convert
> it. In my book it's best to start with and end with sRGB.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Rob Harrison wrote:
> >
> > I'm talking about the issue of "color management" rather than "color
> > accuracy." Different kettle of fish.... I'll always tweak the colors to make
> > them look good...which may or may not reflect the actual scene. The problem
> > with the Fuji Frontier "scans at development" I'm getting from Ivey is that
> > a) they vary randomly between superb and crappy and b) if they are scanned
> > in sRGB colorspace (which seems to be the case from what Ivey tells me)
> > there's no expanding them beyond that, which automatically limits the
> > quality and thus usefulness for 8.5 x11 portfolio print purposes, even if
> > the resolution is adequate.
>
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