Color Science

On Nov 8, 2018, nospam wrote
(in ) :

In iganews.com,
Savageduck wrote:

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 didn¹t 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.

people believe all sorts of things. this is not news.

However, it is interesting to see these beliefs, and biases highlighted.


This was much the same as a blind wine tasting where due to mixed/changed
labels, tasters are confused between a bottle of Trader Joe¹s *Two Buck
Chuck* and a $50 bottle.

one of the better ones was where red food coloring was added to white
wine and fooled wine experts.

Same type of test.

it's also the same nonsense audiophiles spew, such as one speaker cable
sounding better than another, something that is electrically
impossible.

people are very easily influenced.

Yup!

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 Northrup¹s photographic
knowledge, lack thereof, or how much the Northrups might be shills for any
particular brand.

in other words, nothing useful.

and he was shilling, just not for a particular product. at the end of
the video, he hyped a link via his tracking service, the results of
which he then markets to advertisers. he could have given the direct
link, but then he would not get paid as much.

Opinions, opinions, opinions.

That said, it seems your computer clock has not made the adjustment back from
daylight savings time. Note that your post is time stamped an hour before
mine which you responded to.

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Regards,
Savageduck