on.raw.photography

I don't see much noise in that photo.
In my opinion, if there's any, you can leave it. Especially if you don't reduce it with DxO.
Try doing a soft proof on PS matte paper, enlarging a dark or underexposed area. You'll see that there's not much to remove, even if it's a little noticeable.
So, out ...

Learned a new trick :)
Here is the Gamma Corrected Histogram of the Raw
Yes and as you can see the shot is suitably exposed for the subject and not underexposed :-)
We can get that noise fixed, we can't get those cut off details back. The fun thing though is that in camera images start ...

Learned a new trick

Here is the Gamma Corrected Histogram of the Raw

Let's see, you won't necessarily find the same problem that I find in the gray areas.


I checked the image I Mentioned, and the color patch that bothered me has nothign to do with noise, just how the sun hitting from behind the water created a distracting effect. Unfortunately I dont have ...

OH yeah I think I have a photography of the ocean side where there is an area on of highlight reflecting on the wave that turned into a distracting cast, but this was before I ever used PerfectRAW. I will have to try it to see how it handles that scenario.

I was just working on a image that has clearly been underexposed, and I didnt find any issue with it after passing PerfectRAW so far. I guess I got lucky, or I didnt spot it yet

Legendary Fuji Reala! I really wish I could have shot these Fuji films in their time... :(

I understand about how Digital Cameras are a Flawed Technology from the start, when we talk about Color Integrity. Unless we are back to using CCD Sensor, or other technology that doesnt require the chroma ...

I'm thinking, how else would we put DC mode to the limit? This is a big feature, and although it works very well most of the time, I feel like ColorPerfect is known for it's color purity, and DC Mode still seem to need some polish to keep the status earned by previous versions. There seems to be ...

Understood and nothing further to add!!

Following this thread from afar, but with great interest.

I really liked the solution of being able to neutralize the orange base manually before continue with the conversion, setting this way a solid reference point to move forward.

Would we be able to do the same working with Linear Files? Or ...

:-) I'd like to understand the difference between "ScanExposure" and "CaptureExposure"


Sure :)

Scan Exposure - Exposure Compensation during Scanning. Doesnt have anything to do with exposure at Film Camera
0 - Optimum Scan Linear Histogram
+1 - 1 Stop over Optimum
+2 - 2 Stops over Optimum ...

C.OLDENDORF wrote: Sun Sep 14, 2025 6:49 pm What is the +1 Exposure during Capture NEF, please elaborate on how it is different.

I metered the Middle Gray for the first image, and overexposed +1 for the photo with the +1 on the screen. So it has a stop over the regular one.

You dont need to thank me for that!

This is a reminder for me why I have always had trouble to engage with Color Negative Film, like I do with Black &White, and even Positive Film. It doesn't have to do with ColorPerfect, oh it has nothing to do with ColorPerfect. But the nature of Negative Film ...

Let's go

Correct Scan Exposure
Portra160_0_ScanExposure.nef
+1 Scan Exposure
Portra160_+1_ScanExposure.nef
+2 Scan Exposure
Portra160_+2_ScanExposure.nef

And since I had it, I thought it would be useful to also Scan the +1 Exposure of the ColorChecker done at the moment of capture
Portra160 ...

That makes me feel like I am doing my job as Beta Tester! We are here to find these corner cases to help you develop solutions. Happy to help, however long it takes.

Knowing I would probably be asked to scan more samples, this time I left my Kit mounted. Tomorrow I will have them here

Sure Christoph! Just before I head out to the street, here is the scan!

Now I remember, after I saw that graph, which I believe you mentioned in the e-mail as well :)

About Exposure. This time, I shot the Portra 160 with my Swiss Knife of Analog Cameras, Nikon F100. This will do basically anything other than serve me coffee. Meaning, I used Spot Metering at the 18 ...

I believe we already talked about this somewhere in the past Christoph, but I am not sure. Anyway, now I have a proper setup equipment, using the best exposure practices, so I am bringing this once more into light.

I always shot a ColorChecker on the films I test. Using DC Mode on this Scanned Neg ...

And I have to say, I quite like the Gold rendition :mrgreen:

It has a Nostalgic Summer quality to it. But still on the neutral side, predictable, linear, unlike Phoenix and others. For me, together with Portra 160, one of my favorite Kodak Film. I will scan Gold and Portra next to compare the new ...

Its one of those situations where you just don't like it, I can't explain why :)

Another question for Chritoph about Exposure, since we already have made so much information on this topic.

Does Black & White Scan contribute as much as Color in this aspect? I have made most of my Camera Scans so ...

Welcome (*L*)!

The aspect I like 120 film the most is that it doesnt have as many frames I have to shoot until I can develop it, unlike the endless 36 frames of 135 Format! But that's just me! I know some photographers who shoot 4 rolls of 35mm in a single day!

Regards!!

Welcome Ian!

I was enthusiastic when I read you teach Black & White Photography using Color Perfect! You must know quite some techniques from using it for that long! I hope you stick around the forum and teach us a thing or two about extracting the best output from ColorPerfect! 8-)

I took a ...

Great story! Warm welcome to the forum Andi!

That crossover that happens with the dyes at the mid point might explain why different lighting generates different "uncorrectable" casts? Definitely not linear, and it can be visualized, as I said, highly unpredictable film, not my cup of tea.

The crossover is not relevant. The straight ...

Amazing read Roberto! Thank you for the words!!

When I get my Epson Professional Printer, I will be sure to ask you for advices!!

About Nikon vs Canon, my dad passed that preference to me, kind of like how it works with soccer, your family will most of the time from your early days try to make you ...