dougpeterson
Workshop Member
Color is always one of those sticky questions. Phase One has continuously (i.e. with every generation of backs) improved their color "accuracy" against technical measurements. Phase One's engineers have told me that the P65+ will be no exception. But any change in color rendition can alienate users who grew found of a previous backs color response.It'll also be interesting to see what kind of color differences there may be between images taken with the Dalsa sensor compared to those taken with the Kodak sensor in the P+ backs.
Kurt
A good dealer or a power-user can use Phase One's Color Editor to generate color profiles to match previous digital backs (or even the color of a specific dSLR) as part of the purchasing process. I've done this for instance for a customer who wanted to match a P45+ to a P25+. This includes skin tone response under your preferred lighting conditions. Hell, I could make a P45+ in incandescent light behave like my Canon point and shoot under moonlight if for some reason that was the look I prefered; it's all in the profile and the per-channel latitude of the raw file (assuming you pick a digital back manufacturer that offers a tool like the Color Editor).
This is also where the concept of "good skin tones" get mixed up with one's personal opinion. If you want olive skin tones or red skin tones (or even if you wanted blue skin tones) the tools provided by Phase One allow for the creation in 10 minutes of a custom profile that matches your tastes. This is not Photoshop; the profile can be applied to all incoming tethered shots the moment they are captured or applied in seconds to hundreds of shots after the fact.
So, yes the color will be accurate. Yes there will be SUBTLE differences (read: technical improvements the usefulness of which will depend on your aesthetics). Yes, we (or any good dealer) can help you establish a color profile that matches your desired aesthetics.
Doug Peterson
Capture Integration, Phase One Dealer
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