Color Space sRGB or Adobe RGB

[ChrisQ3]

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Hi,

I’ve hunted in the manual, however I cannot see where I change the Color Space on the Q3. (sRGB or Adobe RGB). Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thank you! 

[Marc B-C]

For the Q2 It is in menu 3 under JPEG settings. If you use DNG am not sure there is an option.

Edited September 28, 2023 by Marc B-C

[ChrisQ3]

3 minutes ago, Marc B-C said:

For the Q2 It is in menu 3 under JPEG settings. If you use DNG am not sure there is an option.

Thanks for your fast response; frustratingly if it is there, I can’t see it!  I have DNG + JPEG set.  I’ll keep hunting…

[Miltz]

9 minutes ago, ChrisQ3 said:

Hi,

I’ve hunted in the manual, however I cannot see where I change the Color Space on the Q3. (sRGB or Adobe RGB). Could someone point me in the right direction please? Thank you! 

It doesn’t matter as raw files will always be adobe RGB. Not sure why anyone would shoot JPEG in adobe RGB. If you’re going to edit files you’ll edit the raw. 

[ChrisQ3]

1 minute ago, Miltz said:

It doesn’t matter as raw files will always be adobe RGB. Not sure why anyone would shoot JPEG in adobe RGB. If you’re going to edit files you’ll edit the raw. 

Thanks for your quick response; how do you know the DNG’s are adobe? Or is that a Leica thing. Thanks again. 

[Miltz]

Just now, ChrisQ3 said:

Thanks for your quick response; how do you know the DNG’s are adobe? Or is that a Leica thing. Thanks again. 

100% the raw files are in Adobe RGB. You can’t shoot raw srgb. I had the same concern with my original Q in 2015. The srgb jpegs look really good and it’s ready to share. Like I said you’re not going to shoot jpegs in abobe RGB to edit them later. 

[ChrisQ3]

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10 minutes ago, Miltz said:

100% the raw files are in Adobe RGB. You can’t shoot raw srgb. I had the same concern with my original Q in 2015. The srgb jpegs look really good and it’s ready to share. Like I said you’re not going to shoot jpegs in abobe RGB to edit them later. 

You’re a star!! Thank you. C.

[Anbaric]

29 minutes ago, ChrisQ3 said:

Thanks for your quick response; how do you know the DNG’s are adobe? Or is that a Leica thing. Thanks again. 

29 minutes ago, Miltz said:

100% the raw files are in Adobe RGB. You can’t shoot raw srgb. I had the same concern with my original Q in 2015. The srgb jpegs look really good and it’s ready to share. Like I said you’re not going to shoot jpegs in abobe RGB to edit them later. 

Unlike jpegs, raw files don't really have a colour space. The space you work in and the space you export images to depend on your raw converter and its settings.

[elmars]

A RAW file (also DNG) has no assigned color space, so no AdobeRGB either. A color space is only added in the RAW converter or when converting to another file format, such as JPG.

With JPG, sRGB and AdobeRGB are possible. In the past, it was also possible to select which of these should be used in the Leica. Leica has abandoned this because AdobeRGB leads to poor colors on many end devices, because the larger color space of AdobeRGB is only inadequately converted to sRGB by browsers, for example.

[ChrisQ3]

2 hours ago, Anbaric said:

Unlike jpegs, raw files don't really have a colour space. The space you work in and the space you export images to depend on your raw converter and its settings.

Interesting, thanks for your help!

[ChrisQ3]

2 hours ago, elmars said:

A RAW file (also DNG) has no assigned color space, so no AdobeRGB either. A color space is only added in the RAW converter or when converting to another file format, such as JPG.

With JPG, sRGB and AdobeRGB are possible. In the past, it was also possible to select which of these should be used in the Leica. Leica has abandoned this because AdobeRGB leads to poor colors on many end devices, because the larger color space of AdobeRGB is only inadequately converted to sRGB by browsers, for example.

Fascinating stuff, thank you for your time.