The new H3D profile in LR B3.2 seems very accurate with regards to color...something I have not seen from Adobe's canned profiles for this camera prior to this point.
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That was my impression until I shot my "reference" photo....a portion of a book-case using available light. At least with my reference, LR still isn't getting the "reds" right, at least in adverse light. The only correction was "eye-dropper" WB and a boost in exposure and crop. LR-3.2, LR-2.7, Phocus 2.1 (My test methodology may be cr*p, also)
Steve
Huh?
The most obvious difference between the first one (LR-3.2), and the last one (Phocus-2.1), seems to be one of exposure value.
I would think that a "color" test like this should be done processing the
same properly exposed, in-camera manual white balanced file in both programs.
I tend to agree that LR 3.2 shows great promise ... and it isn't even optimized yet. Some of the time I have great difficulty telling files done in either program apart ... but I manually WB almost all of the time, and used the grip custom functions to assigned the stop-down-button to swiftly do that task.
However, I use Phocus for anything shot with the 28 and 50 to a CF card to use DAC, and obviously all images shot tethered. The same will hold true for the HTS/1.5 I ordered for delivery early next week. I also find it a bit easier to alter a color cast in Phocus when I didn't manually WB or want to creatively alter it.
LRs greatest asset is it's non-distructive processing, area specific tools to make exposure and color alterations, and instant access to PS and stuff like Nik Define 2.
-Marc
