Adobe RGB or sRBG

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Hi All,

My 30d has the option to shoot in either Abobe RBG or sRGB. I think I understand the difference between them in terms of Adobe has a larger range of greens, but which should I shoot in? I presume it's not as simple of shoot in Adobe because there are more greens?

Thanks,

Dom
 
pmaccyd said:
I set mine to sRGB. Monitors can't display adobeRGB (unless you spend a small fortune) and printers cant print it.
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& most labs ask for Srgb so personally I find it best to keep things simple and stick with Srgb - I did initialy use Argb but saw no real benefit for swapped to Srgb, I've noticed no difference in my prints

Simon
 
Does it not make a difference on the tool you are going to edit the photos in or does it not matter?
 
Most software can do either, so it should matter but most people use sRGB as the standard. aRGB is more for print shops and the like.
Unless you have a wide Gamut monitor, it will only show the sRGB colours, so would be a waste of time using anything else
 
TCR4x4 said:
Most software can do either, so it should matter but most people use sRGB as the standard. aRGB is more for print shops and the like.
Unless you have a wide Gamut monitor, it will only show the sRGB colours, so would be a waste of time using anything else
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ah ok im with you.
 
Thanks for that, makes much more sense than the magazine article I read!!
 
Adobe RGB is a bigger colour space so if you are going to do any post on tour images you could argue that using the larger space is better when making adjustments and then convert down when you've finished.

If you shoot raw and open in lightroom it uses the prophoto space which is bigger still. But a lot of people use whatever their final output will be eg sRGB for web.
 
lensflair said:
Adobe RGB is a bigger colour space so if you are going to do any post on tour images you could argue that using the larger space is better when making adjustments and then convert down when you've finished...
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I was taught this on a course and it does make sense. If you start off with more information and handle it properly then you probably get a better result.
 
Oggy said:
I was taught this on a course and it does make sense. If you start off with more information and handle it properly then you probably get a better result.
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The main problem is to handle it you need a high-spec monitor, only a few can display Argb & most only handle Srgb - if you want to use the wider colorspace then investing in a new monitor is probably the best starting point
 
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