Converting X3F files to DNG and use LR2 or keep as X3F and use SPP

[Joseph_Lam]

It may not be important for many ppl but one advantage of using DNG
is that it enables the use of self-made SD14/DP1 camera profiles
created using Adobe DNG Profile Editor and a ColorCheck chart.

I seem to recall that LR2 won't use profiles from SD14s once created,
am I remembering incorrectly? Haven't tried it myself yet, but I saw
a thread about this, and thought that Z confirmed this...?

Robert

I tried making a profile myself and can confirm that LR2 support custom made SD14 profiles. I haven't tried DP1 though.

Joseph

 

[brazile]

I tried making a profile myself and can confirm that LR2 support
custom made SD14 profiles. I haven't tried DP1 though.

Interesting. What I'd recalled is that it supported making them, but then wouldn't use them. You've found that using them works fine?

Robert

 

[brazile]

Apologies for replying to my own message. Here is the posting I recalled:

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1027&message=29848450

Robert

 

[Joseph_Lam]

I tried making a profile myself and can confirm that LR2 support
custom made SD14 profiles. I haven't tried DP1 though.

Interesting. What I'd recalled is that it supported making them, but
then wouldn't use them. You've found that using them works fine?

Robert

Yes I could see those extra profiles inside LR2, switch between them, and see the colors changing.

Joseph

 

[OnlyRealPixel]

If I shoot custom white balance in SD14, then adobe convert the x3f to dng, then load the dng in gimp's ufraw(dcraw-based) plugin, it will default to the camera's custom white balance.

Once I shot cwb with three lenses 2000 Kelvin apart, a WW2, a 1951+, and a 1930's biotar 75/1.5. All three images came out the same.

dng must store some representation of the camera's cwb.