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Dec 20, 2004 15:16 |  #1

Should the camera be set to sRGB or aRGB? I have my camera set to aRGB and I was hoping it was right since on the web it is better to change to sRGB.


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Dec 20, 2004 15:59 |  #2

I have my camera set to aRGB, that way when I open it up in photoshop I don't have a problem.


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Dec 20, 2004 17:44 |  #3

Dooglla wrote:
Should the camera be set to sRGB or aRGB? I have my camera set to aRGB and I was hoping it was right since on the web it is better to change to sRGB.

It depends on what you're going to doing with the image files after you shoot them. Are you going to be editing your images most of the time? If so, aRGB may be better for you.

Are you just going to resize the images and post them on the web or email them to friends and family? Then sRBG would be the better choice.

There's another thing to consider. You can always send your image files straight from the camera to other people without the need to process the image if they are shot in sRGB. If they are shot in aRGB, you don't want to be sending those files out without first converting them to sRGB unless they know what to do with aRGB files because aRGB images won't look right when viewed through an sRGB device.

Of course, if you are shooting RAW, then it's a moot point since it doesn't matter what you set it to. You can change it on the fly when you are ready to convert the raw image.


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Dec 21, 2004 03:07 as a reply to  @ PacAce's post |  #4

PacAce wrote:
It depends on what you're going to doing with the image files after you shoot them. Are you going to be editing your images most of the time? If so, aRGB may be better for you.

Are you just going to resize the images and post them on the web or email them to friends and family? Then sRBG would be the better choice.

There's another thing to consider. You can always send your image files straight from the camera to other people without the need to process the image if they are shot in sRGB. If they are shot in aRGB, you don't want to be sending those files out without first converting them to sRGB unless they know what to do with aRGB files because aRGB images won't look right when viewed through an sRGB device.

Of course, if you are shooting RAW, then it's a moot point since it doesn't matter what you set it to. You can change it on the fly when you are ready to convert the raw image.

Thanks...really appreciate the information. This will help me alot now.


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