Which Input Profile to choose?

D75_5446.NEF (25.9 MB)
D75_5446.NEF.pp3 (13.6 KB)
(no particular licence for this picture, of course)

So, trying it out for myself, with this data
spydercheckr_reference_data.pdf (200.8 KB)

after picking the WB on the grey card exposed to the sun, I adjusted the exposure so the brightest patch would get to L = 97% approximately.
The other grey patches fall pretty well where they’re expected to, in my opinion (not talking about the a and b values, though).

Notes:

  • camera is a Nikon D750,
  • profile is auto-matched,
  • only base table is ticked,
  • the processing profile is derived from neutral.
    → this seems to achieve neutrality in RT.

A few minutes before that, with a different lens and orientation, the sun was behind clouds. With a similar processing approach, I get some compression in the shadows (i.e. they appear lighter than they should, but that could be due to the hand-held and imperfect setup :slight_smile: )