Hi Tom,
As you know I am very satisfied with the M-D color ... it may be a bit different than the 262.
If you have updated LR and are still a bit dissatisfied I would suggest you learn to do a custom WB in camera which might
cool your JPGS a bit. Still accurate color and pleasing color are somewhat subjective ... time of day overcast skin tones
all change our impressions of color.
I am a bit green challenged ... normally wait until fall to do much landscapes so that some of the green is gone.
I do feel that with a custom WB and taking 30 seconds to shoot a ColorChecker Passport goes a long way to
correct color that is imbalanced. When it is part of your workflow the small extra effort saves you a great amount of
time in post. Many times it is unnecessary but nice to have as a fall-back when certain pictures look off. The dual
illuminant profile is helpful but saves very little time from the consistent use of a CCP at each shoot.
This post is a start:
http://blog.xritephoto.com/2015/07/seven-simple-steps-to-accurate-color-capture/
Xrite has a tremendous amount of information concerning color accuracy and profiling.
The other main issue is exposure ... closer you get to ideal exposure the better the color. With the M-D I have begun
to use a profiled L-478DR for those times when things are not straightforward ... backlighting, side lighting, partial shade.
Knowing when to move the midtone to preserve highlights and being able to see just how far on the meter is helpful.
The M-D tends to underemphasize blue and overemphasize reds ... the CC Passport helps with the blues but I occasionally need
to lower the red saturation slightly in LR. The WB is perhaps 200K warmer than the CC Passport WB from the camera natively ...
at times now I just drop the WB 200K and it usually is pretty well dialed in without checking the WB in morning daylight conditions
in Texas. Other lighting and times of day the WB from the CC Passport is very useful ... and there is a correction series of white patches
to adjust the warmth for portraits.
I assume that the specs for your sensor and associated electronics may vary a small amount from that of other 262s ... still within the pass
range at the factory. But that is where a standard like the CC Passport makes sense. Ideally you could profile three different cameras on a
shoot and they would pretty much match up.
It might be fun to take a couple of your cameras ... profile them on a shoot and compare color ... with and without the profile.
Regards,
Bob