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Recommended Workflow for DP1S in 2021

Started Oct 20, 2021 | Questions thread
OP Nick_Andrews Regular Member • Posts: 124
Re: Recommended Workflow for DP1S in 2021

allineedislight wrote:

xpatUSA wrote:

Nick_Andrews wrote:

Hi all, I've read multiple discussions on this but just wanted to clarify as I'm new to the Foveon game.

I recently purchased a DP1S - I can load the files into Lightroom Classic just fine, but am I losing anything by not first processing them in SPP?

Hello Nick and welcome!

What you get is Adobe's conversion via Adobe Camera Raw which is part of LR's Develop Module. Adobe's conversion is different to that of SPP. For example, I once had a yellow flower that got gamut-clipped by ACR but not by SPP.

I would second to go with SPP rather than Adobe.

Here is an example, not from a DP1 but a DP2:

Abobe conversion:
https://cameraderie.org/attachments/5985994157_4433ff9e1a_o-jpg.1651/

SPP conversion:
https://cameraderie.org/attachments/5985994315_7bb86fb643_o-jpg.1652/

this is taken from a review of the DP2x by Jeff Damron on Cameraderie.org:

https://cameraderie.org/threads/sigma-dp2x-review-a-field-report.3618/

The difference between the two conversions is massive. SPP seems to be able to impute/recover a lot of the clipped colors - this algorithm is apparently not available in Abobe.

That is a stark difference indeed! I wonder if it has something to do with AFE...

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