Shooting Parameters

[Ferdinand]

Does anyone here shoot extensively in one mode or another? Has anyone been shooting extensively in Adobe RGB? If so, what are the pluses for doing that? I read that Parameter 2 seems to be a favourite.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Ferdinand

[scottbergerphoto]

Does anyone here shoot extensively in one mode or another? Has anyone been shooting extensively in Adobe RGB? If so, what are the pluses for doing that? I read that Parameter 2 seems to be a favourite.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Ferdinand
Raw, Adobe RGB (1998). It gives you the larger color gamut. It can capture a wider range of colors then sRGB. You may not see the difference on your monitor due to its limited color gamut, but you will see it in your prints if you have a printer with a large color gamut such as the Epson 2200.
Scott

[EDad]

On the 10D you can either choose to change the color space to AdobeRGB or change the other parameters (such as sharpness), but not both (p.58).

You can convert it to AdobeRGB later using BreezeBrowser, PS, etc, but that's probably defeating the purpose.

[Ferdinand]

Thanks for the input, I think I will start shooting in AdobeRGB then and see how it goes. All these time I have been shooting in Parameter 2 on the DRebel/300D since its more subdue than Parameter 1 and that makes it nicer to do post processing on.

Ferdinand.

[Motorsports Photo]

SO what sort of difference can you see with Adobe RGB, or adding saturation to the parameters?

-Pete

[Morden]

SO what sort of difference can you see with Adobe RGB, or adding saturation to the parameters?

Adding saturation using the parameters will cause the colours in your photos to be "more colourful" - rather like turning the colour up on your television set.

Using Adobe RGB instead of sRGB will allow the camera to record more different shades of each colour. If I remember correctly, this applies mostly to greens, i.e. an image in the Adobe RGB colour space can contain far more different shades of green that the same image in sRGB.

I hope that this helps.

[MediaMagic]

SO what sort of difference can you see with Adobe RGB, or adding saturation to the parameters?


Using Adobe RGB instead of sRGB will allow the camera to record more different shades of each colour. If I remember correctly, this applies mostly to greens, i.e. an image in the Adobe RGB colour space can contain far more different shades of green that the same image in sRGB.

I hope that this helps.

Yes, exactly, while all shades are increased in the RGB space, the shades of green are exponentially wider. What you will see on your monitor might appear a bit dull compared to sRGB, but your prints will look more lively from a printer that supports the color space.