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Old November 9th 18, 12:26 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2018 08:47:20 -0800, Savageduck
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On Nov 8, 2018, nospam wrote
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In , Eric Stevens
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I found it interesting. It's not actually about color but peoples
perception of color and color preferences. It's more psychology than
photography. There is quite a lot to be learned from it.


there's nothing at all to be learned from it, especially since he has
no understanding himself.

the entire video could be summarized as different cameras when set to
their default settings produce jpegs that look different.


...but, the result, regardless of the actual IQ/color fidelity of the various
prints was an indication of individual manufacturer bias among those who
responded to his test. It didn’t actually matter which cameras were used,
or even if different cameras were used. What mattered was that those polled
believed that different cameras were used, and that they believed that the
prints were the product of the cameras on the labeled prints.

This was much the same as a blind wine tasting where due to mixed/changed
labels, tasters are confused between a bottle of Trader Joe’s *Two Buck
Chuck* and a $50 bottle.

As Eric said, this actually had nothing to do with photography, or actual
*color science*, but the particular brand biases/prejudices of the group of
tested testers. So it had nothing to do with Northrup’s photographic
knowledge, lack thereof, or how much the Northrups might be shills for any
particular brand.


Yes, he cerrtainly tested for brand biases but he also tested for
color preferences and in the end he found that color preferences ran
almost diametrically opposite to brand biases. Much head scratching is
required.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens