[argyllcms] Re: help with camera profile
- From: Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:03:27 +1000
edmund ronald wrote:
> they will be solved for them. ICC profiles for dcraw or its grandchildren
> (this is the argyll list) are a facile and incomplete solution to a wrongly
> stated problem, as the yearning for magically perfect profiles evidenced by
> highly technical and competent list members confirms every day.
It doesn't necessarily follow that because something is not perfect,
it has no value.
> I do find it rather entertaining that the same camera manufacturers -
> Canon, Nikon, Fuji- who got rid of film then state at the ICC meetings that
> they will not divulge their cameras spectral sensitivities, linearisations
> or white balance data (Nikon) because this is confidential information
> which their customers cannot expect to receive.
That would be their rendering "secret sauce", so there is no wonder there.
It should be possible to make a stab at characterising their equipment
if one were really keen about it - not that I see much point. Better off
developing your own rendering, as this is part of the creative process.
Graeme Gill.
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