As I've noted before though, I think that before my DCamProf there was no profile maker on the market that could do proper general-purpose profiles (all was geared to reproduction work, ie profiles without curves), and DCamProf is quite new and is a command line software etc so it's not mainstream stuff, and if you do like to design a look into it, it becomes even more difficult.
In other words, for most people the only way to get good general-purpose profiles is to use bundled profiles that come with raw converters. And if you can't control the profile, you simply have to view the camera + raw converter as a whole and it becomes natural to not even consider the profile as it's a factor you can't control.
If profile making tools ever become mainstream, that is nice GUIs and "easy" to produce both neutral looks but also more subjective looks like Leaf's and Phase One's I think the way people choose cameras will change, as they will then always produce a profile for it to see how well it works with their own look. And in that case I think the result will be that it will be less important if it's a Phase One, Hasselblad, Leica or anything else in terms of color, but it will be more about the camera handling instead.
With medium format there's the special case that C1 only support their own cameras, so C1 can still be a decisive factor when it comes to choosing say Phase One over Hasselblad even if you make your own profiles, as C1 is a very good raw converter in terms of all its adjustment tools.
In other words, for most people the only way to get good general-purpose profiles is to use bundled profiles that come with raw converters. And if you can't control the profile, you simply have to view the camera + raw converter as a whole and it becomes natural to not even consider the profile as it's a factor you can't control.
If profile making tools ever become mainstream, that is nice GUIs and "easy" to produce both neutral looks but also more subjective looks like Leaf's and Phase One's I think the way people choose cameras will change, as they will then always produce a profile for it to see how well it works with their own look. And in that case I think the result will be that it will be less important if it's a Phase One, Hasselblad, Leica or anything else in terms of color, but it will be more about the camera handling instead.
With medium format there's the special case that C1 only support their own cameras, so C1 can still be a decisive factor when it comes to choosing say Phase One over Hasselblad even if you make your own profiles, as C1 is a very good raw converter in terms of all its adjustment tools.