Originally Posted by
JeffKohn
I have to disagree. For one thing, trying to create ICC profiles for cameras is an exercise in futility unless you're shooting in a studio under highly controlled conditions. Fortunately, it's also completely necessary, and you don't need all that expensive gear and software. All you really need to get calibrated output from a DSLR is a ColorChecker chart (the $50 pocket-size version will do just fine). Adobe's RAW-processing pipeline makes it extremely easy to build a custom DNG profile by just taking a picture of the color checker chart.
But even without building a custom profile, today's DSLR's in their "neutral" or "natural" color setting will be considerably more accurate both in tonality and color reproduction than most color films. I won't claim to know the accuracy of every film out there, but DSLR's are certainly more accurate than traditionally popular landscape film choices such as Velvia and Kodachrome. Provia is nowhere near extreme as those two, and has much more reasonable contrast, but the colors are still somewhat enhanced from reality, and I don't think any more accurate than DSLR's.
But I think even if trying to create a realistic impression of what a scene is actually like, you wouldn't want a truly accurate, scene-referred reproduction. Such results would be quite dull and boring.