Iliah, I would agree with anyone who thinks UV filters etc will impact the camera observer functions etc. In fact, I would be very surprised if there were *not* strong goniometric wavelength-dependent absorption differences at the level of the filter package. Edmund On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Iliah Borg <iliah.i.borg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Edmund, > > On Jul 4, 2013, at 11:14 AM, edmund ronald wrote: > > > Of course I have little to say in such august company > > We are still in july ;) > > > , but my practical experience with camera profiling in days long past > leads me to believe that camera linearity is not a big problem these days > with the high-end equipment and stately shooting speed people in art repro > will be using. > > Have you looked at the comparison of how a camera follows a matrix profile > depending on the light spectrum? > From one of my previous, > " A ColorChecker SG card, shot with D4 under halogen lights, first time no > filter on lens, second time with B&W KB15 (80A) color conversion filter on > the lens. Matrix profiles were calculated from both shots, for delta E 2000 > reports see .csv files in > http://cl.ly/3x3F0D2p0e3K/D4_16-35_SG_Halogen_dE2000.zip"; > > -- > Best regards, > Iliah Borg > > > > >