Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 21, 2007 at 4:20 PM
D2X Sigma 500mm f4.5 ISO100
Still getting used to the D2X, one thing, the different colour modes, (i shoot sRGB) I and III, which do you all use? This was in III and i notice the colour is very different to the D200.
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 21, 2007 at 5:37 PM
Cute shot Paul - nice to put a face to the name at last aswell ...
For anyone on this forum who doesn't know Paul he's so young looking it makes ya want to spit
D2X ettings just like Phillip
Posted by Paul King on October 21, 2007 at 5:43 PM
Hi Paul,
I use more or less the same as Phil, go figure!
Paul King
Posted by Paul Thomas on October 21, 2007 at 6:21 PM
Nice shot Paul. Hope you're enjoying your new camera.
Paul
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 21, 2007 at 6:45 PM
Hmm interesting, everyone shoots aRGB? the wider gamut, i assume helps? The only issue i know of is that most browsers are non colour space aware so you see it in sRGB which is less than ideal?
Posted by Vincent Jones on October 21, 2007 at 11:45 PM
Hi Paul
Looks like you are going to have a lot of fun with the D2X, as for settings, I personally haven't a clue Is this the settings that were set when it was sent?
Vince
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 22, 2007 at 3:51 AM
Yes Paul, gamut wise aRGB gives you more room for colour control and adjustment in the edit - once you have arrived at the image you want you convert it to the sRGB colour profile in Photoshop by choosing the command Edit>Convert to Profile> and choose sRGB from the drop-down menu.
If ever you choose to put images with an agency you will usually find they require 8 or 16 bit TIFF files in the AdobeRGB 1998 colour profile.
If you need to send an image for repro you might need to supply it to the printer in the CMYK profile for instance - shooting the original image in sRGB only serves to restrict the images' usage and tractability in the marketplace - you cannot create a first class CMYK or aRGB file from and sRGB original.
You might not have any intention of selling your images via agencies or having them go to repro at the moment, but you don't know what the future will bring - so don't tie your hands behind your back for the sake of a button push - shoot wide gamut aRGB every time
Posted by Paul Gibbs on October 22, 2007 at 6:08 AM
Thanks, i'll give it a try, expect funky colours on my next image!
Discussion
9 repliesStill getting used to the D2X, one thing, the different colour modes, (i shoot sRGB) I and III, which do you all use? This was in III and i notice the colour is very different to the D200.
Phillip.
For anyone on this forum who doesn't know Paul he's so young looking it makes ya want to spit
D2X ettings just like Phillip
I use more or less the same as Phil, go figure!
Paul King
Paul
Looks like you are going to have a lot of fun with the D2X, as for settings, I personally haven't a clue
Vince
If ever you choose to put images with an agency you will usually find they require 8 or 16 bit TIFF files in the AdobeRGB 1998 colour profile.
If you need to send an image for repro you might need to supply it to the printer in the CMYK profile for instance - shooting the original image in sRGB only serves to restrict the images' usage and tractability in the marketplace - you cannot create a first class CMYK or aRGB file from and sRGB original.
You might not have any intention of selling your images via agencies or having them go to repro at the moment, but you don't know what the future will bring - so don't tie your hands behind your back for the sake of a button push - shoot wide gamut aRGB every time