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Originally Posted by AndrewRodney  I'm also not willing to accept a rendered, 8-bit, JPEG in a small color space! |
That's fair. But everything I print goes converts any image with a larger space down to 8 bit jpg anyway. If I was selling high-end portraits or art, I'd maybe not want to accept it either.
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Originally Posted by AndrewRodney Having custom DNG profiles that more closely mimic the default JPEG rendering is a step in the right direction. But I seriously doubt that even with a family of such profiles, you'll get 100% (or even high 90%) matching to the JPEGs, 100% of the time. |
That certainly would be a huge step in the right direction, if it happens. and yes Noel, I'd buy your dng profiles if they matched.
The one thing I should have added to my post is that I do have issues with camera rendering when I have strong uniform colours or skin tones. I have learned to turn down saturation on the camera as my default because jpg images (at least on Canon) tend to accentuate things like a skin rashes, sunburned cheeks, etc. They are far more pronounced than they should be but that was a problem (though not as much) on film also. Raw does a better job of those but I have to weigh the total of the pluses and minuses.
Generally, I have found the buying public want images that have more snap than the original. I recall decades ago that the trend started with the Japanese public who always preferred more vivid saturation to our bland North American tastes. I find that our tastes have now moved pretty far in the saturated direction. Not my personal taste but who am I to argue, I'm not into spicy food either - I'm too sweet.
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