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MelHill

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pretty big swings between the two calibrators
and this is from the same file...
the only difference between the to images is the applied calibration
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I'm not really surprised, I've seen similar differences. FWIW, I slightly prefer the X-Rite profile for my 5DMII.
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So far, All I've looked at are portraits and I do prefer the xrite version so far.
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I'm not really surprised, I've seen similar differences. FWIW, I slightly prefer the X-Rite profile for my 5DMII.

same exact here
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Yes, I've noticed the same thing, and I, like those above, prefer the Xrite profiles.  The interesting thing is, if you open the resulting profiles in a text editor, the Adobe profiles are much, much longer and more complicated.  They apparently have more color matrices and more levels. The Xrite profiles are only a dozen or so lines long.  I'd love to know what the differences are.  But it appears to me that more complicated may not be better.
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Profile software optimize profiles for different characteristics. So given a single set of measurements, it's possible to build a large number of different profiles, with different visual behavior. You can think of them as different flavors based on the same initial measurement data.
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I'm shooting a couple of D700s and more often than not I prefer the Adobe profiles. I've found the X-Rite profiles often have a green cast but I haven't played with the software since December so perhaps they've made some tweaks.

Cheers, Joe
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I have settled on the Adobe over the X-Rite.   When I started using the CCP with the X-Rite software, I was having difficulty with printed images looking like the original artwork I was imaging.

A colleague of mine had suggested the Adobe DNG profile editor.   At first, reluctant to use the Adobe DNG profile editor, I became frustrated using the X-Rite software. (One more step was added with the Adobe DNG profile editor.)   However when I gave DNG profile editor a try, I was getting the results I had been looking for.

For my work flow, I stick with the Adobe DNG profile editor.

Hope this is some help.

Cheers

David

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