color space question

12 years 4 months ago #183281 by athday00
I'm wondering whether to set my camera for Adobe RGB or sRGB.

I shoot in RAW. The conversion software by default uses Adobe RGB, and I never changed that. My Corel photo software, however, uses sRGB and does not appear to allow any other options. I just realized my camera can be set to Adobe RGB (it has been set on sRGB).

My sense is that I get better colors with Adobe RGB, particularly when I print directly from the RAW image. But I almost always finish it off in Corel because I get better sharpening there. Corel always makes me convert the color space before I can proceed. Given this mishmash, should I set the camera to Adobe RGB or sRGB? Any thoughts would be appreciated.


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12 years 4 months ago #183283 by xmasforall
I think the color space you set your camera to only matters if you're using your camera's JPEGs. For RAW as you said you're shooting, it doesn't matter.


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12 years 4 months ago #183287 by athday00

xmasforall wrote: I think the color space you set your camera to only matters if you're using your camera's JPEGs. For RAW as you said you're shooting, it doesn't matter.


Thanks. In that case, I'll leave it set wherever it's set.


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12 years 4 months ago #183289 by The Photo Guy
When working on your computer, you should always be in the best available colour space. Adobe RGB or ProPhotoRGB if possible. When you export an image for posting on the web, THAT is when you should export/save it as an sRGB.

All this is kind of pointless though if you don't have a properly calibrated monitor profile for your screen, as it won't be accurately displaying the colour space anyway.


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12 years 4 months ago #183291 by athday00
My monitor is calibrated, I use Spyder.


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