The camera doesn't always capture the truth. I was changing the numbering system of my camera and I took a test shot of my dimly lit clothes closet. The original scene was dark with a green plaid shirt visible in the middle. The 18% exposure jpg was bright with colors and looked much better than the real scene thru my eyes.
In another incident:
I took some pictures of a purple magenta sky at day break. When looking back over these images the jpgs looked too colorful to me. (the RAW files all looked dull)Since it was a while back I couldn't remember what I thought the original scene looked like. The old adage jumped into my mind close down 1/3 of a stop to "underexpose" the slide film for the best color. Now I don't know whether these day break jpg images represents the real color or not.
Roy
