On Jun 28, 2006, at 6:43 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> With digital, there's no such thing as "standard" settings. If you >> jpegs, the camera processes the recorded data. If you shoot RAW, you >> process it. In either case, you have to control the outcome either by >> setting the camera defaults to get the right amount of saturation, >> contrast and exposure or by making the adjustments in your RAW >> converter. The latter method, of course, gives you more control. > > Is RAW accepted at Photo labs, or is it a given that we are all > photo-finishers anymore?
Photo finishing services require a rendered RGB digital image to print. RAW format captures are not rendered RGB digital images. "Standard settings" is a nearly meaningless term even for film. A photofinishing printer starts with a default filter setup based on the film type, paper, chemistry, and a calibration reading of a standardized test strip. Those settings are modified by the operator to make a pleasing image at the time of printing a particular negative. Even with transparency film, the machine that processes the film must be adjusted so that the process produces an expected color rendering based on a calibration test. You do the same thing with a digital image in JPEG capture by adjusting the camera settings. You do the same thing with a digital image in RAW capture by adjusting the RAW conversion parameters. If you want to use a set of 'standard settings', take a calibration control image of a known reference (like a Macbeth color chart) and calibrate your settings against it. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
