ACR camera profiles

[allanrube]

I am along time user of NX2 and am thinking of switching to ACR - only because NX2 is slow slow on a Mac.
Anyway, my 2 cameras are a D300s and a D3x. When I open files and go to where the camera profiles is selected, I only see profiles for the D2X. Are there profiles for my cameras and if so where would I find them I went to the Adobe site but couldn't find any.

[Alan Lillich]

I see the same thing for some D700 files. I'll do some digging and report back tomorrow.
Alan

[arash_hazeghi]

I am along time user of NX2 and am thinking of switching to ACR - only because NX2 is slow slow on a Mac.
Anyway, my 2 cameras are a D300s and a D3x. When I open files and go to where the camera profiles is selected, I only see profiles for the D2X. Are there profiles for my cameras and if so where would I find them I went to the Adobe site but couldn't find any.

The camera profile in ACR tries to mimic the Nikon Picture Control setting, it does not indicate compatibility for a particular camera model. There are a number of Picture controls for D300/D700 and D3s, these are standard, vivid, neutral, monochrome, portrait, landscape, D2X mode1, D2X mode 2 and D2x mode 3, you can check them by going to your camera's Picture Control Menu. "D2X" does not mean that the profile was written for the D2X but it mimics the Picture control Setting under the same name that is provided by Nikon and simulates the output of the original D2x camera. There are no profiles such as D300/D700 or D3 from Adobe, but these cameras are supported.

[allanrube]

Thanks.

So you are saying that if I chose camera standard while using the 300s the "result" will be similar to the D00s standard picture control?

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks.

So you are saying that if I chose camera standard while using the 300s the "result" will be similar to the D00s standard picture control?

yes, it will not be the same as what you get in NX2 but similar.

[Alan Lillich]

Sorry for the delay, my membership expired on July 31 and there was a glitch in renewing. Arash answered anyway, here is a little clarification. The displayed profiles for each photo are only those related to the camera used. So in Allan's case "Adobe Standard" really means "Adobe Standard for D300s" or "Adobe Standard for D3x". And as Arash said the "Camera ..." profiles are Adobe's attempt to match the built-in JPEG profiles available on each specific camera. Hopefully the LR folks will make this more clear in the UI.

[allanrube]

Thanks Arash and Alan.

[Marc Mol]

The camera profile in ACR tries to mimic the Nikon Picture Control setting, it does not indicate compatibility for a particular camera model. There are a number of Picture controls for D300/D700 and D3s, these are standard, vivid, neutral, monochrome, portrait, landscape, D2X mode1, D2X mode 2 and D2x mode 3, you can check them by going to your camera's Picture Control Menu. "D2X" does not mean that the profile was written for the D2X but it mimics the Picture control Setting under the same name that is provided by Nikon and simulates the output of the original D2x camera. There are no profiles such as D300/D700 or D3 from Adobe, but these cameras are supported.

Arash

FYI
Unfortunately, the D2X mode1, D2X mode 2 and D2x mode 3 picture controls (for reasons Nikon haven't explained) are not supported in the new D3s.:(

[Don Hamilton Jr.]

This is interesting stuff, question for ya.. i have a canon 7d, where in cs4 acr does one check to see if i have the right camera selected to try and get as close as possible to a starting point. Thks don

[Lance Warley]

Don, look in the Camera Calibration tab in ACR. Then the Camera Profile pull-down.

As mentioned above, ACR will only show you the profiles available for your camera file (e.g., CR2). The one you pick will depend upon your photo. For landscapes, I like to use Vivid, but if I have bright reds or oranges, Vivid may blow them out. So it's best to try them all. It doesn't take but a minute or two. That's the beauty of preset pull-downs.

[Robert O'Toole]

I am along time user of NX2 and am thinking of switching to ACR - only because NX2 is slow slow on a Mac.
Anyway, my 2 cameras are a D300s and a D3x. When I open files and go to where the camera profiles is selected, I only see profiles for the D2X. Are there profiles for my cameras and if so where would I find them I went to the Adobe site but couldn't find any.

This depends on the version of Photoshop you are using. D300 and D3 are absolutely available from CS4 onwards (ACR 4.5 on I believe) . I believe you have to load the newest DNG covertor for the new profiles to work.

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/DNG_Profiles

Try the newer V2 beta profiles I think they are much better. Link: Beta Cam Prof V2


You should also think about making your own profiles.

CS5 has has camera profile support for all and more built in.

One important note: Camera profiles are specific and the software loads (shows) only the profile needed. If you open a file for a D300, you will not see anything for a D3.

I think has done a great job with the camera profiles especially for Nikon users.

Robert