The Nikon cameras that I’ve used give you a choice of two color spaces: sRGB and Adobe RGB. If you’re shooting raw, does it make any difference which you pick? I figured not, but I always picked Adobe RGB just in case. Today I decided to do an experiment to confirm or deny my assumption…. [Read More]
Archives for December 9, 2012
Testing for ETTR, part 10
The Leica M9, like the Sony NEX-7 and unlike the Nikon D4 and D800, does not allow you to set color balance from a stored image. You press Set, then click on Manual, then take a picture of a magenta screen and you’ve set the color balance. Then you take a picture of anything, shut… [Read More]
Testing for ETTR, part 9
Today I set the white balance on the Sony NEX-7 to approximate the true raw histogram by photographing a magenta test image on the computer screen. The NEX-7 does not allow you to set color balance from a stored image; you must go to the Brightness/Color menu, pick White Balance, and then pick Custom Setup…. [Read More]