Brian Walters wrote: > On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:49:08 -0700, "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > >> Because cameras don't embed an ICC profile in JPEG files (for >> whatever reason), the convention of having a filename change to >> indicate the Adobe RGB colorspace was accepted some years ago. Once >> these conventions come into being, it's a very slow process to change >> them. > > That's interesting. Is there a reason why cameras don't embed a colour > space? Originally, I had assumed that if you selected Abobe RGB (for > example) as the in-camera colour space that the camera would embed it in > the image. I can't think of a reason why this doesn't happen, but I may > be showing my ignorance here (again...)
Because Raw files aren't *in* sRGB or Adobe RGB colorspace, they're in the hardware-defined colorspace of the camera's sensor, which is much broader than either Adobe or sRGB. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
