Quote Originally Posted by Ted Baker View Post
Yes, I used the papers they published as a starting point for my own efforts. At least I understand how it works, and I think it is pretty good, as opposed to trying to guess how it works...
I use it as one of my yard stick or bar to jump over. Though I think I have settled on the DPX/Cineon algorithm/approach.

The reason you need the raw linear file, is in order to make the necessary calculations the file either needs to be linear or you need a way to convert to that form. The calculations would be meaningless otherwise.
Ahh, I am playing with it now, and it seems to work. Colors are definitely more saturated initially over using vuescan and ps to do conversion. I will post some examples of what I have been doing in learning the v850. I have been using vuescan for many years and like it overall.

I will check out method you describe you prefer.