Re: Profiles and gamuts

Golden <goldenlasky@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm still knew at all this but am I correct in saying that "scanner
> profile" is basically my capture device's (Nikon V) output? Is that the
> pure data from the scanner? When I compare that to sRGB (with sRGB as
> my working space) I see virtually no difference.

That is because you are looking at the image on a monitor, so you are
not really looking at the original colors, but a representation of those
colors in the monitors color space (which is close to sRGB).

>
> If all that is correct it would suggest that Nikon V output can be
> fully expressed in sRGB color space. Is that correct?

No, see above. The scanner probably has a wider color space, at least
AdobeRGB. The problem is that you cannot see the difference on the
average monitor.


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