[Digikam-users] ICC file for Ricoh GXR

[Andrew Goodbody]

On 20/07/12 17:38, Marie-Noëlle Augendre wrote:
> each profile is used by the corresponding
> device to 'interpret' the image and render it faithfully;

A camera profile is an input profile whereas a monitor profile is an 
output profile. So a camera profile is used to adjust the raw data to 
allow for the colour response of the lens and sensor. This means that in 
the memory of the computer you have an accurate representation of what 
was seen. In order to see that accurate representation you need a 
monitor profile and calibrated monitor. A camera profile is not for 
calibrating the display on the camera LCD, that would be utterly pointless.
So you see the use of tethering or not is completely irrelevant to the 
need to use a camera profile or not. Tethering is only about 
transferring the data directly to a computer or storing it on the camera 
memory card.

Andrew