Originally posted by dcpropilot Not sure what the difference is. Is the adobe profile better than the embedded? Is this a collaboration between Ricoh and Adobe?
This is my understanding of how it works:
- The embedded profile is provided by Ricoh/Pentax as part of the DNG. I have decompiled the embedded profiles for the K-1 and the K-3 and can confirm that they are rudimentary when compared to Adobe Standard.
- Adobe Standard is provided by Adobe, is specific to the K-1, and provides results comparable to "Adobe Standard" for other cameras
- The rest of the profiles are provided by Ricoh/Pentax to Adobe and correspond to custom image options for the camera
All will do the job and which you choose is mostly a matter of taste. For more on DCP profiles and how they work, Sandy McGuffog (author of dcpTool) has an excellent discussion and related resources on the dcpTool project page that are very helpful.
dcpTool: What are DNG Camera Profiles?
As noted above, you can create your own dcp profiles. There are a few users on this site that go so far as to do so on a
per shoot basis* and embed the results downstream in the DNG.
Steve
* Yes, this sounds extreme, but is stock-in-trade for colorists in the motion picture industry.
Last edited by stevebrot; 03-31-2017 at 09:59 AM.