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Color Management is for Wimps
Published by: Ken Rockwell       10-08-2006        Read Complete Article
Article Summary

"Too many marketers of color management tools have done too good a job.

Sadly, many impressionable photographers believe the ads and seminars and waste too much time and money getting crummier results than if they left everything alone.

I shoot and print, never waste any time with profiles or spaces, and everything looks great.

Color profiles and color spaces are for dweebs. You don't need them. I'm a dweeb, I invented the world's first dedicated digital color-space conversion chip back in 1990 with TRW, and even I don't bother color managing anything except my monitor. "....Read Complete Article




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Chromatic Abberation Defined
This is when all colors don't come to focus in exactly the same place. It has nothing to do with color rendition, purity or saturation, which are related to color transmission and contrast. When you have chromatic aberration you lose sharpness and may see various colors fringes on bright edges. ......

 07/23/05
How to use a Digital Camera as an External Light Meter
Why buy a separate meter when you can buy a complete camera with a built in meter for less than a separate professional meter? Yes, for the same price or less as a pro meter you can buy a digital point-and-shoot that weighs less and lets you preview the images for color and contrast. ......

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