Initial Camera Settings for PL4, Nikon Df

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DXO on calibrated screen EIZO

Hi @mujabad. Happy new year and sorry for not answering during the holidays. If the input image is a RAW image, independently of the color space you selected in your camera, the raw input colors are neither in AdobeRGB nor in sRGB, but in the native color space of the sensor of your camera. In that case, PhotoLab converts the sensor colors to AdobeRGB and uses that as working color space. This cannot be configured. During export, you can choose between “as shot” (which converts to the color sp…

This post explains what PhotoLab does depending on what you throw at it (read the whole post).

In combination with the principle “only change color space at the latest possible process step”, the following should be best in the scope of PhotoLab:

1. Set your camera to AdobeRGB
2. Customize your image in PhotoLab
3. Export with profile set to
   a) “as shot” for serious printing
   b) “sRGB” for everything else

Notes

1. you need a really good monitor in order to see differences between a shot taken with sRGB vs one taken with ARGB - and software with proper color handling.
2. I do not consider usual household or office printers fit for serious printing.