color space

what is the recommended color space sRGB or AdobeRGB what is the best setting to use and work with..i was just playing with canon file viewer ulitily and it seems to me that adobeRGB gave me better color match results than sRGB..what does everyone use or recommend

for print, adobe RGB has a broader color gamut, so it is better. but most monitors default color space is sRGB, so therefore when working with an image that is intended for the web, sRGB is better.

i print all of my images so i work in adobe RGB.

how about the settings in the camera should i set it to adobeRGB or sRGB

adobe RGB

I'm primary a wedding photographer and have done exhaustive tests using all sorts of combinations with sRGB vs Adobe RGB with a 10D.

I was having all sorts of problems with saturated skin tones, etc. too red, yellow, etc.

For beautiful skin tones and most other applications where natural (not saturated) colour is necessary my in camera settings are:

Colour Profile: sRGB

In camera parameters for indoors and non contrasty harsh light are:

Sharpness: 0
Contrast: 0
Saturation: -2
Colour Tone: -2

For bright, outdoor contrasty light I reduce "contrast" to -2 and underexpose by 1/3 stop. This alllows you to retain more of the highlights in an image. I shoot Large JPEG.

At all times indoors, in shade or very overcast days I custom white balance using something white first making sure I use the exact same method I intend to take the pic in. (available light, bounced flash, etc.) This is most important in obtaining optimum results. My skin tones are now really natural and my post processing time has been drastically reduced.

Hope this helps,

Mark

The advice on this thread about image destination is good advice. If you intend to print your images, use AdobeRGB. If you only intend them for the Web, then shoot sRGB.

I shoot everything in RAW with AdobeRGB as the color space.

Cheers,

Mitch