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Old 06-09-2015, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis View Post
Apologies to the OP for a slight off-topic...

Surely this would be dependent on the subject? Something like Eta Carinae is off the charts in red with my modded DSLR, but signal is signal I'm not sure I'd want to balance that out to look nice or is that the point?
G'day Dunk,

I think the discussion covers both cases. Figuring out RGB ratios for an "accurate" image is not a trivial or easily repeatable process. Coming up with something that looks nice isn't that easy either. But you are correct... they are different goals.

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