Among all the camera profile, I found that the d90 one give the best compromise between high light reconstruction and color rendition, especially in the blue.
As I have now a d7100, I am developing a similar preset. If some of you are interested in, I could share it.
regards,
olivier
Hello, would you be so kind to explain the difference between single and dual illuminant? And how can I use those three “curve/look/baseline” things where? In RT? Are you talking about pp3’s or profiles or what?
A camera profile’s job is to generate correct colors. The colors depend on the light (illuminant) the profile is designed for. ICC profiles support only one illuminant, which generally is either D65 (midday light) or StdA (tungsten). DCP supports two illuminants, and its up to the program which uses the DCP profile to interpolate between them, to match the light of the photo. So if you open a photo shot in tungsten light and use a D65 single-illuminant profile, you will get wrong colors, but if you use a dual-illuminant profile made for StdA and something else, you will get correct colors.
I was not aware that the d90 dcp profile was single illuminant…
Do you know if it is the same for the d7200 dcp profile? I am using it for the d7100 preset…
I suggest to use the color profile “Nikon D3100 Camera Neutral.dcp / Nikon D7200 Camera Neutral.dcp” for your D3100/7200 from Adobe. There is no need to manupilate any colors, contains a tone curve and the high light reconstruction is also great.
To get the dcp files, you need to install the free Adobe DNG Converter. After installing, in Windows the dcp files are located in “C:\ProgramData\Adobe\CameraRaw\CameraProfiles\Camera”
I really don’t get the idea behind using the DCP profile of a different camera. It totally defeats the purpose of camera profiles, which are supposed to give correct colors for a specific model. You will simply get colors that are, more or less, randomly “off” to some extent. It might be OK for some artistic purposes if you cannot achieve a certain look in any other way, but for a general purpose profile it seems a strange idea, to say the least…
The D7200 profile is dual luminant, btw, but I wouldn’t recommend it for using it with a D7100 for the reasons above.
The Adobe profiles are usually fine, but they use a “film-like” tone curve, which leads to some color shifts. DCamProf profiles use the same curve shape but with a neutral tone reproduction operator. IMO it is vastly superior, especially when you deal with skin tones or very saturated colors.
It is also recommended to always enable both base table, look table and also the embedded curve of a DCP, they are supposed to work together to create the intended final look of a DCP.
@paulmatthijsse, sorry for not answering but I was out for “Louder than Hell” (Wacken Havy Metal Festival) but I don’t have to say much more as all is already said - I think.
