[s-cars] OMG - Audi Paint Picker Smokes Dope (NUrSC)

[Brett Dikeman]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 1:20 PM,  <dbkase at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just like me then, doesn't photograph well, but simply stunning in the
> flesh...

That car's biggest problem isn't its paint color, but the B7 S4, which
is a much better looking vehicle :). It's kinda like the early C4's
and the non-20vt type 44.  Close, but...there's something better. The
price difference 6-9 months ago was substantial between the 2005 and
2005.5 models, and the 2005.5+ models were much harder to come across.

As for the color in the photos, a few things to bear in
mind...consumer digital cameras over-saturate photos by default,
because market research showed that was what people wanted.  Look at
how saturated the taillights are, the stoplight in the background, or
the orange look of the seat memory stop button.  Also, unless you've
calibrated off a white card / grey card (something many consumers
don't know how to do, even if their camera can do it), the white
balance the camera picked could vary quite a bit.  Then there's all
the craziness on the monitor side.

If you really enjoy photography (producing and/or enjoying), a S-PVA
LCD monitor and calibration puck are both worth it.

-B