Digilux 3 : LR Camera Calibration

[JulianoL]

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Hi,

 

First of all, great forum. A lot of great information here.

 

I'm wondering what settings the Digilux 3 owners are using in the Camera Calibration panel in LR? I'm struggling to get rid of the magenta cast that LR produces and get as close as possible to the JPGs produced by the camera.

 

Cheers,

 

J-

[Marquinius]

Juliano,

 

First: welcome at this forum. You've found the right place: questions like these can either lead to a short link to another thread about the same topic, or to waterfall of information.

 

I own a Digilux 3 and must say I've never encountered your problem. Are you shooting in raw? And is your screen calibrated? It would help if you posted an example with some more details.

 

Marco

[JulianoL]

Marco,

 

Thanks for the warm welcome. Yes, I'm shooting raw and the monitor is calibrated.

 

JPG:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3246/3088900583_cf18f77533.jpg

 

LR: (standard settings)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3212/3053917753_da22e76a6b.jpg

 

Besides of the being more saturated (which I can control), there's a magenta cast you can see in her hands, face and in the blue bar behind her.

 

Thanks,

 

J-

[Marquinius]

Yep, I see that too. I take it you fiddled with the white point and tried to reduce the magenta in the color setup. Mmmm ... I'm a bit out of my league here and am sure others are much more able to point you (and me) in the right direction.

 

One more thought: adobe raw converter. I mean, the whole thing starts there, doesn't it? Are you using the latest version?

 

Mmm, hope someone else kicks in ...

 

Marco

[JulianoL]

Yes, I'm using the latest version of Camera Raw (4.6) for Lightroom (2.1). I'll keep playing with the Camera Calibration settings.

 

Thanks.

[spylaw4]

Have you tried using the Hue & Saturation controls in the Develop module? Adjust to suit and then save the settings as a Preset which you can then apply when importing.

[JulianoL]

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Yes, I've tried, but couldn't find a good point where the magenta cast was gone without messing the with red color.

 

The best solution I've found so far, was to open the RAW in Elements without color management. In Elements, the magenta cast is gone, but there's a blue cast. I was able to fix the blue cast adjusting the color settings (hue, sat and lightness).

[Marquinius]

You could approach it from a different perspective: a filter. M8's have/had a big problem with purple fringing and magenta casts and a UV/IR filter ended that.

 

Still thinking: even googled generic and searched this forum: no luck.

[JulianoL]

I'm still looking as well. I came across this very interesting article. It explains the whole color cast problem with Leica and the RAW processors:

 

KammaGamma Articles Leica M8 Colors

[roguewave]

J. shoot only in Raw. Take test shoots under different light sources. Import them into Lightroom & find the the correct color temp mix & make a preset. Use the preset as a starting point for color adjustments/WB.

[cluso]

Hi,

try using the new "Adobe Standard" raw converter and camera profiles. They are freely available at Adobe Labs and I find the reproduction of colours much more pleasant and, what you asked for, closer to the camera jpgs.

 

Drop a line if this helps!

 

Cluso