RAW+Color Space

[patrickt]

I can set my camera to Srgb or Argb. If I shoot raw, does it matter or is color space set in my conversion software?

[Frank Fletcher]

AFAIK it doesn't matter. Raw is raw. Tagging it with one of the profiles makes it easier later on because you don't then have to apply a working color space profile. That, of course, assumes your workflow uses either ARGB or SRGB. I leave mine on ARGB but it doesn't do me any good anyways because I mostly edit in ProPhoto and then convert to SRGB for the web or allow Photoshop to convert for the printer.

I could be wrong about this - so if anybody knows better...

[axl]

where do you change that setting in PP software thouhg? I haven't seen it anywhere (not that I would be looking for it properly)...

[patrickt]

In Lightroom, it's at the bottom of the export window.

[patrickhh]

It only changes the preview JPG that is embedded in the PEF file. The raw data is not affected.

[arbutusq]

For Lightroom you change color space when you export the file. It should be the first menu under image settings.

The native color space in LR is AFAIK Prophoto RGB.