Color Space; sRGBIEC61966-2.1 vc Adobe RGB 1998 /PS7.

I was wondering if anyone had advice regarding which color space to
use? Default is sRGB.. while it's suggested that RGB 1998 is better;
particularly with regard to color correction. I have switched my space
to the second...but ironically when I open a pic from my SONY F707
digicam - it says it has sRGB info and do I want it coverted?

*Ques: is there any advantage to using sRGB if the pics have this
info or should I let PS7 convert it to RGB 1998?

Thanks alot

Ken

 

Stay with sRGB. That's what your camera is tagging it as, what your printer
will print as, what most every lab printer will use as the default output.

Adobe RGB for digital photography is vastly over rated.

 

Except, of course, that it yields considerably more vibrant color than
sRGB.

I wondered why all the D-100 shots I was getting were so bland whilst my
10D shots were gorgeous. Applying aRGB answered that question.

 

Thanks for the advice Bob.

Regards

Ken

 

Yes...since i posted this question I have experimented with some of
the opening options presented by photoshop. When I initially open
the pic in 'adobe1998 space, it gives choices of maintaining sRGB or
converting to current space, or discarding sRGB coding. When I
"discard" the info I find the pic opens with a much greater color
value; and more pleasing to the eye. "converting" did not yeild the
same vividness. I suppose this will warrant a bit more scientific
experimentation by myself..but there are definate differences. I don't
know at this point on how to address the print/output question.
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated; how do your
turn out?

Kind Regards

Ken

 

I have yet to output anything at a photolab from sRGB; my camera captures
in this space to begin with, and the D100 shots I get go into stuff that is
offset printed in CMYK.

However, even in that very limited gamut colorspace, I find stuff converted
from aRGB to CMYK is better saturated and the colors more vibrant than sRGB
stuff. Some photographers get better color out of their D100s than others,
but all of them benefit from the conversion.

This is a great surprise, as I thought devices that captured in sRGB sould
truncate the colors, but it seems to be not the case.

It's best to shoot RAW and fiddle with the colorspace and such when
opening, of course, but I seldom get that option.

YMMV. I'm open to any methodology that might improve the situation.