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Ivan Ionov
8th June 2005, 01:05 PM
Hi to all!

When I tried CaptureOne with canon 300d, I was very impressed with results and convenience of the programm. :)
But with my new Canon 350d I've found a problem with color balance. Can someone say - is it a problem with my camera, or with CaptureOne?

Here is a daylight shot example. When I set color balance to 'cloudy' in Canon Digital Photo Professional, I achieve rather good results.
http://ionovy.fatal.ru/c1_colors/dpp.jpg

But when I set color balance to 'cloudy' in CaptureOne v.37, I'm getting picture with strong blue color shift.
http://ionovy.fatal.ru/c1_colors/c1_cloudy.jpg

To make picture rather neutral and natural I need to use rather strange color temperature and tint.
http://ionovy.fatal.ru/c1_colors/c1_normal.jpg

You can compare color temperature with one in Adobe Camera Raw convertor.
http://ionovy.fatal.ru/c1_colors/acr_normal.jpg

If it helps, here is a link to this sample raw file.
http://ionovy.fatal.ru/c1_colors/_MG_0102.CR2

MichaelT
9th June 2005, 06:54 AM
Color presets are just static settings. They may or may not work for a given camera or converter. The only way to guarentee perfect color is to use a reference such as WhiBal. Also you should add RawShooter (Windows only) to your converter arsenel. It is free and quite amazing.

WhiBal and RawShooter links...click HOME above or go to www.rawworkflow.com.