Does “Color Science” even matter?

yogi4fitness wrote:

Found this interesting video on color science.

https://fstoppers.com/education/what-color-science-and-should-it-actually-matter-photographers-298843

I didnt know Sony colors were accurate and that Canon colors were pleasing but inaccurate. I agree with the conclusion that one should choose a camera based on features and the workflow and color science shouldnt be a deciding factor. I would add the quality of glass as a deciding factor as well. After all the lens is the “eye” of the camera and an imperfect eye cant create a perfect vision.

What do you folks think about color science?

That video covers a lot of ground and is pretty good introduction to the issues involved.

We need to differentiate raw images, those don't have color. Color is applied in 'raw development' with the color response of the sensor presumed to be known. Raw development deduces color from raw data and applies a vendor or profile dependent interpretation to that deduced color.

Cameras can do raw conversion internally into JPEG files, that conversion is camera specific.

Raw conversion applies a lot of correction using tone curves and LUTs to the deduced color.

Best regards

Erik