Experiments were performed to analyze the color accuracy of five camera systems used for museum image-archiving applications: Phase One IQ 180, Leaf Aptus 75, Hasselblad H4D-50, Cruse scanner, and a Sinar 75H modified to incorporate the RIT Dual-RGB approach. A Betterlight Super 8K was also tested to provide a benchmark. Default color management profiles were used in all cases. Experimental conditions were identical to the greatest extent possible. Targets included the X-rite ColorChecker Classic, a 100-patch acrylic-dispersion paint target made from 27 different pigments, and a 35-patch oil-paint target. Average performance varied between 1.5ΔE00 (Dual-RGB Sinar) and 6.0ΔE00 (Betterlight). Only the Sinar and Cruse systems produced acceptable results, systems optimized for archival imaging. The Hasselblad system produced self-luminous appearing images while the Phase One had severe tone reproduction error for highchroma colors. Both of these new systems would require considerable visual editing to produce archival color images.
Roy S. Berns, Stanley Smith, "Analysis of Color Management Default Camera Profiles for Museum Imaging Applications" in Proc. IS&T Archiving 2012, 2012, pp 111 - 115, https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2012.9.1.art00026