Topic: simple solution (Read 5129 times)

mark tipple · « **on:** August 09, 2006, 04:56:02 am »

hey all, basically my file names have gone from the standard

IMG_4960

to this

_MG_4960

and i'm confused....any fixes?

Tim Gray · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2006, 08:55:13 am »

Any renamer will replace the first underscore with an I
As to the cause, did you change the color space in the camera? Some systems when set to RGB use the underscore as the first character in the name.

Paul Sumi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2006, 11:05:56 am »

If you're using a Canon DSLR the underscore ( _ ) means you're switched the color space from sRGB to Adobe RGB.

Paul

macgyver · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2006, 02:42:20 pm »

On that topic, which is better to use, in general?

boku · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2006, 03:11:07 pm »

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If you are shooting in RAW, this setting has no effect on the file. It does influence the playback on the in-camera LCD because that is based on a embedded JPEG. I set this to SRGB because that clips the histogram sooner and I play it pretty close with shooting to the right. This becomes more of a safety factor when appraising exposure using the histogram.

For JPEGS - in their most common application - viewing on monitors and making prints at commercial processors - SRGB is a direct route if you don't intend to fuss with the picture in the computer.

I am really out of my league talking about JPEGS - I simply never use them as a source file.

I shoot RAW, set the camera to SRGB for the histogram preview safety factor, expose to the right whenever it makes sense, process the RAW to ProPhoto color space, turn on the out-of-gamut indicator the entire time I am editing so I manage the range of tones, and print with a custom profile.

When I make JPEGs I "convert" to 8-bit SRGB using Relative Colormetric (with BP compensation) and things work out pretty well.

So - to make a long story short - I would use SRGB in camera unless you are a wedding shooter and intend to do extensive work on JPEG-derived source files and need the color space lattitude.

macgyver · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2006, 11:46:28 pm »

So, as a part time sports shooter, RBG would win out for me?

Thanks for the info bob.

mark tipple · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2006, 11:59:29 pm »

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If you're using a Canon DSLR the underscore ( _ ) means you're switched the color space from sRGB to Adobe RGB.

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ah that be it......i remember making the switch a few weeks ago. thanks mate.

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