Roger,
I was off line for a while (my ISP gave me a hard time) but I know IOU the RAW developer settings as promised some time ago.
The latest quirk I found in our most popular RAW developer is the saveable settings thing: I can save and load ('read') settings but it seems to have no effect. What works fine - if I 'read' it everytime - is the curve setting. The curve itself is no rocket science and works fine for product, architecture, landscape etc. For portraits I use a symmetrical S-curve that is less augmented in the highlights.
So what I do in my RAW workflow is:
- set all camera setting flat (chroma, curve, sharpen) in Firmware 1.07
- Shoot at +/-0 EV, try to stay below ISO160
- In dim/ flat light go for +1/3EV
- Copy the files to your PC (or Mac) on a fast CF reader (a PCMCIA adapter is the fastest)
- In RAW Developer I use the following settings for the bulk of shots:
- sRGB
- white balance at shooting
- Edge and Chroma 0
- Exposure at shooting
- set tone curve (see attachment)
- Noise reduction on
- size 3008x2008, Format 16Bit TIFF
- Preview OFF
Individual candidates may require slight variations for optimal results - as usual.
Then I kick the thing off with 'save all image' and go for lunch, dinner or whatever.
This produces a bunch of quite nice 16Bit TIFFs that have no EXIF data but an embedded sRGB.
Just converting sRGB to AdobeRGB in Photoshop is already reasonable but I go one step further: I have profiled the camera with Profile Prism and assign the custom profile to the image upon opening in PS with immediate conversion to AdobeRGB.
I started out with one generic profile but meanwhile developed profiles for 'bright', 'rainy day', and 'studio'. I likely will do another for 'flash'. Already with the generic profile I have very reasonable results that have reduced my PS adjustments significantly. The additional profiles are for series shot under certain conditions - makes life easier in PS.
For copyright reasons I can't attach any custom profile but if you have a Profile Prism license I can send you my profile via email.
Hope this helps,
Christian
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