ruthenium wrote:
This can be complicated. I now recall that there was (not long ago) an exchange between me and Dave Clark that made me realize that, quote from https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1937008/2#17008586
"when downloaded from FM on my Mac in Safari, the jpegs (my own, posted on FM) have the EXIF intact...
On the other hand, the very same jpegs downloaded from Windows browsers: Edge, Opera, and Chrome - all come with the same very short EXIF" - effectively with all important details stripped.
Thus, EXIF can be removed by some browsers upon downloading an image.
I downloaded the three renderings of the photo from Fred on my Mac, and used exiftool to read the EXIF.
You are correct: only the first has "Profile Description: Nikon sRGB" in EXIF.
There is no indication of the color space with #2 and 3 in their EXIF....Show more →
@Ulysseita, can you confirm that if I use cameras from two different brands (for example, Sony and Nikon) and apply in LR "Cobalt Base Pack" profile to the RAW files from both cameras, the colors will be identical? Naturally, assuming the same white balance setting.
Currently Im using Nikon Z6III and since I've started using "Cobalt Base Pack" there is no return.
Colors from this profile is so damn good (same as "Elite Kodachrome 64" and "Fuji Digital" - but these have more "artistic" approach to colors), and gives me so much latitude for adjustments, that I think I will stick with Cobalt Base Pack for a very long time
But what about if I would add another camera to my current setup? Did I have to do tweaks in LR every time, to match colors from both cameras?
As a user of Cobalt profiles, I will say that the base packs do not really ensure that colors are identical between different camera brands. Similar, for sure, but aiming for identical is perhaps an impossible challenge outside of a studio or testing setup where you can control everything. There are a lot of variables beyond the profile used, although profiles created to provide consistency certainly help you get closer without as much work and eliminate Adobe's sometimes wild profile differences.
I current shoot Sony, Nikon, and DJI systems and find I can maintain a relative level of consistency across images captured. It definitely requires tweaking in Lightroom, sometimes a significant amount. I find that camera models from the same brand developed around similar technology are relatively easy to match, especially if you share lenses between them. The more differences you introduce, such as camera brands, sensor and processor generations, lenses/lens brands, the more challenging it will be to make colors and images look consistent...
