Not Marc and would be interested in his take but here is mine...after running a number of different present film emulsion settings on one Monochrom file and striving to keep everything the same there is a change in how that file looked.My second question is for me maybe the more important one and that is...
2. Assuming there are moderatly significant differences seen, say in the tonality of each image, if an identical Nik preset is chosen to be applied to each image, will the resulting two images keep their repsective differences or somehow do the algorithms contained and used within a Nik preset, overide to a degree those differences when elmulating say a given film setting, and the two resulting images (after Nik), loose their individuality to a greater degree?
Dave (D&A)
However, having used SE Pro 2 and its predecessor to handle many color files I have the sense that the tonal aspects of the film presets will have a major difference when presented a DNG file that contains color information as the various film presets react to colors in a similar way that their namesake films did. Without that information there are characteristic contrast curve and grain settings that will come into play but not the color response. So when I ran all of the settings it was to see just how different these looked and while there are subtle variations... they do not approach those seen with color files.
Marc has made the very important distinction that the beauty of SE Pro 2 for the MM is that there are many curve, grain and local contrast elements one can evoke in the development of the file...irrespective of the film presets. The additional toning with Platinum, Coffee, Paladium, Selenium and Duo tones offers some additional value. However, the idea that you accept a canned JPG profile in camera seems a bit simplistic, considering the core groups assumed sophistication.
Essentially I think it is a valuable addition but would love to see it further enhanced with a series of settings like those found in Color Efex and Viveza 2 in addition to Sharpener Pro 3...albeit for BW.
Bob