RAW ? Why ??

What does 'correct' mean? What parameters are we talking about?
 
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'correct' means like what was in my head as I pressed the shutter release. 'Right' means the same thing.
 
juggler said:
I've found - with Olympus & Nikon, and without exhaustive testing - that using the settings in the camera calibration dropdown in lightroom gets very close to the manufacturer's jpgs with minimal effort. Yet a lot of folk seem to overlook this step; the often-repeated LR wisdom is to 'start from the top and work down'.
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PhilH04 said:
Agree... Camera Calibration should be at the very top along with WB, but perhaps there is a reason...
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If you have a particular one you typically use just set it as part of your default processing... I tend to just use the Camera Standard calibration with some other default settings and go from there.
One thing that is interesting is that the calibration processing is in addition to the slider's ranges.
 
sk66 said:
If you have a particular one you typically use just set it as part of your default processing
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I do, however some of my work is colour critical, for this I find a custom camera profile under the same lighting conditions a boon, in those circumstances I would like to be able to choose that profile as a first step... being lazy really ;-)
 
PhilH04 said:
I do, however some of my work is colour critical, for this I find a custom camera profile under the same lighting conditions a boon, in those circumstances I would like to be able to choose that profile as a first step... being lazy really ;-)
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Getting pretty far off topic now but; there are a few ways to work with the profiles. You can use the Adobe profile editor to edit the default "adobe standard" to your preference, or even replace it with another one by overwriting it using the same name (i.e. make an X-rite profile the "adobe standard"). You can also use it to edit/create your default profile set in the develop options.

Then when in the develop menu the reset button will revert an image to your default settings. And if you hold the shift button it switches to "reset (adobe)" to apply the adobe standard profile (as edited/overwritten)... it works as a "profile switcher."
And if you hold alt/option it changes to "set default" so all new images will have the current settings applied on import (good for working tethered, but it replaces your previous defaults). And you can just do the initial edits to one image (profile/WB etc) and then sync all of the images from a shoot.
If you do a lot of changing things like this it might be good to have an image saved with the basic default settings applied in a quick collection or similar. You can then use it to restore your normal defaults quickly/easily.

TBH, I don't do any of this... but I don't edit large batches of images either.
 
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Agreed drifting a little off topic, however it could be classed as another reason to shoot raw...

I don't need to edit large batches (only if a focus stack is needed), but I do need critical colour at times which I don't believe I could attain if I only had a JPEG file to work with.

I will probably produce a custom profile for just one or two images of a specimen, editing any existing profile just won't cut the mustard so to speak, however it is very specialised and not everyday photography.

My reason (not for my specialised work) for shooting raw exclusively is quite simple... I am a control freak.
 
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