While I don't doubt the ability of the Xrite software to make a profile I'm skeptical about the quality of that profile based on my past expereice with other systems that are far more advanced.
My concern with the Xrite set up are regarding the aparent lack of sophistication of the process and software:
- Small patch set with only 24 reference tiles. Previously I've profiled cameras using a 200-300 patch set reference target.
- No redudant patches in the target to account to verify the quality of consistancy
- No direction about the type of light source to use for the target, how to light target, etc. which will have a significant effect on the
quality and accuracy of the profile
I too wish that there were a good, inexpensive and easy to use system for profiling a camera, however thats fantasy according to my 20+ years of color management consulting and building profiles for both cameras and printers. Honestly, a $40-$50k DB should absolute come from the manufacturer with such a custom profile, and it should not be the end users task to make such. JMHO.
As a start, if you are looking for accurate color I'd suggest an Eizo monitor calibrated correctly, use Linear for the processing curve, and have a quality spectrally neutral gray card in the image set you are shooting. I've tested many greay cards and sadly most are not as spectally neutral as they claim. If just one link in your color management chain is broken, your end result will suffer.
Robert
My concern with the Xrite set up are regarding the aparent lack of sophistication of the process and software:
- Small patch set with only 24 reference tiles. Previously I've profiled cameras using a 200-300 patch set reference target.
- No redudant patches in the target to account to verify the quality of consistancy
- No direction about the type of light source to use for the target, how to light target, etc. which will have a significant effect on the
quality and accuracy of the profile
I too wish that there were a good, inexpensive and easy to use system for profiling a camera, however thats fantasy according to my 20+ years of color management consulting and building profiles for both cameras and printers. Honestly, a $40-$50k DB should absolute come from the manufacturer with such a custom profile, and it should not be the end users task to make such. JMHO.
As a start, if you are looking for accurate color I'd suggest an Eizo monitor calibrated correctly, use Linear for the processing curve, and have a quality spectrally neutral gray card in the image set you are shooting. I've tested many greay cards and sadly most are not as spectally neutral as they claim. If just one link in your color management chain is broken, your end result will suffer.
Robert