350D colour space

[gpocock]

Hello

I must start by saying that have just bought a 350D and it is superb. Thirty years ago I used an Olympus OM1 and Kodachrome 25 to shoot in the Alps. Since then age has lead me to lighter cameras and I have recently been enjoying a didgital IXUS and a Powershot S70. But I missed the feel of an SLR and after 30 seconds in the shop with the 350D I had to buy it.

It is so easy to use but I do have a qustion about colour space. Canon suggest sRGB rather than Adobe but I cannot see much difference. I do use Photoshop and my best pictures are processed by Photobox in the UK.

Any comments and the best colour space would be most welcome.

Best Wishes

Geoffrey

[Rob612]

Shoot RAW and live happy.

[robertwgross]

Canon suggest sRGB rather than Adobe but I cannot see much difference.

If you can't see much difference, then it doesn't make much difference which you choose.

I shot about a thousand frames one way and then another thousand the other way, and I can't tell them apart, either on the screen or printed.

---Bob Gross---

[Mel Bacani]

Hi,

I hope this would help... the difference with sRGB and ADOBE RGB is that the latter holds more color info and is a standard for professional printing.. If you are taking pictures for a magazine or a book, and your photos will be used by a bureau for output using color separation, then it's best to use Adobe RGB... for personal printing, like most of the available inkjets and consumer/prosumer photo printers and if you basically publish your pictures on the internet... then you can stick to sRGB. For personal use, sRGB gives more satrurated colors which is good on screen and most consumer/prosumer printers. I personally use Adobe RGB (RAW) for shooting only because some of the pictures I take are published and I am used to it. It's just a bummer to go from sRGB and Adobe RGB everytime you shoot, so my cam is set to the latter. :D If I want more saturation, then I do all of it in Photoshop. Like what Rob612 said: Shooting RAW, gives you more freedom in adjusting your photograph to satisfy your taste. :)

I hope this helps... based on my limited knowledge about color space..:lol: I'm guessing that I understood my Color Space 101 subject.:oops:

Cheers!

Mel