GH2 rw2 Aperture preprocessing CRUSHED & Green

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GH2 rw2 Aperture preprocessing CRUSHED & Green

Forgive my ignorance and I know someone else has posted something to the like already, but when I try to import rw2's from my GH2, not only are they green but they are intensely "corrected" already and no where near the original RAW.

its funny, if you initially click on the file very quickly before Aperture has a chance to finish "Processing" you can see the actual RAW.

I've only worked with a 5d mark ii in Aperture and never had this shift after processing happen. What is Aperture doing here? Shouldn't we be able to have it not do any pre-processing so we have access to the actual RAW?

For now, its completely unusable and I have no way to get the original latitude back.

thanks for your help!

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Dec 21, 2010 7:32 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 21, 2010 10:02 AM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

When you click quickly you see the embedded jpeg preview, not the actual raw. The actual raw looks like nothing unless it is processed.

Sorry, I can't tell you why your image is not processing correctly.

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Answer 2

Dec 21, 2010 10:35 AM in response to Keith Barkley

Oh yeah, that makes sense that its just showing the preview jpg. So something is up with what apple has posted as GH2 rw2 compatibility. Puts an incredibly deep and unfixable look on the images.

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Answer 3

Dec 21, 2010 10:43 AM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

What system, OS X version and Aperture version are you running. Your profile changed between your two posts. Aperture 3 requires 10.5.8 or later.

And pardon my ignorance but I'm unfamiliar with your camera designation. Could you put that in layman's terms? thanks.

Message was edited by: Frank Caggiano

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Answer 4

Dec 21, 2010 11:12 AM in response to Frank Caggiano

Sorry, i haven't updated my profile since probably 2003. Everything is current. 10.6.5, Aperture 3.1.1, newest RAW update which addressed this camera specifically, Nehalem Mac Pro. Its the brand new, just release Panasonic GH2, sequel to the GH1. Someone else on here has mentioned the same problem, i just also noticed it shifting the look quite a bit too.

I'm wondering if the RAW file needs to tweaked to think its a dif camera for now until they get a better update. Perhaps with the camera being so incredibly new, they build profiles that don't reflect actual usage with the camera.

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Answer 5

Manolito

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Dec 22, 2010 12:14 PM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

Same problem here. Got my Gh2 yesterday. Raw pics comes up all tweaked and weird in iphoto.
Yellow tint, crushed blacks. Looks very strange indeed. They come up ok in the import preview window in aperture, but once they are imported they look tweaked beyond all reason.

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Answer 6

Dec 22, 2010 9:27 PM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

Same here, GH2 arrived today. I checked RAW files from another camera to ensure that I didn't have some odd setting in Aperture. Negatory, it's just this combination: latest Aperture, Mac Pro early 2008, Nvidia GTX 285, OS 10.6.5. All RAW files come out looking like they've been put through a Cross Process filter; the OP's description is just right: crushed, deep green. There's also a vignette covering the lower 180 degrees and a bit of a blur, it seems.

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Answer 7

Dec 22, 2010 11:43 PM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

Update from post above: thinking I'd remove a few variables, I tried a few RAW shots with different lenses, including a Zeiss on an adapter ring. Also opened the same RAW files in PS CS5. Results: the same odd effect, whatever I feed Aperture, to the same degree; nothing in Photoshop, the files are clean. This isn't subtle—it looks like an overdone effect. Thanks for the jpeg note above.

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Answer 8

Dec 23, 2010 10:24 AM in response to mchamber44

It sounds to me like Apple's default RAW Fine Tuning is whack for that camera.

Has anyone tried to create custom RAW Fine Tuning. Once you get it where you want it, you can save it as the camera default.

DLS

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Answer 9

Dec 27, 2010 10:07 AM in response to DLScreative

I am having the same issue.

Latest Aperture and RAW update.

GH2 RAW with Adobe RGB profile.

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Answer 10

Dec 29, 2010 9:13 AM in response to Walkowiak

I have the exact same problem. Preview of photo's look good (both Aperature & in camera), but opening the full RAW goes all dark. Once I've opened the RAW even once in Aperature, even the Aperature previews go bad. Overloaded Greens also look especially horrific, which aren't present when I look at the photo's in my GH2.

Luckily, I haven't deleted the RAW's from my card and they still look fine in camera.

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Answer 11

niyarsen

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Dec 29, 2010 9:26 AM in response to Sean Corliss Photography

Same problem - I just spent 1/2 hour perusing the Apple Support website and can't find any way to directly contact them with this problem. One can hope they are reading this and send out an update pronto - this is giving Aperture a black eye.

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Answer 12

Jan 6, 2011 4:41 PM in response to niyarsen

Oh wow this *****. I was ready to buy it since the price is so good on the Mac App store, but not if it doesn't work right with my camera.

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Answer 13

Jan 6, 2011 6:46 PM in response to niyarsen

Doubt it. It took apple months to release an aperture update to support the GH1.

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Answer 14

eww

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Jan 6, 2011 7:50 PM in response to Nicholas Kleczewski

If you're talking about a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 camera, there's now a Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update that addresses that camera. Software Update should find it for you.

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Answer 15

Jan 6, 2011 8:43 PM in response to eww

eww,
If you're talking about the RAW Compatibility Update 3.5 released a few weeks ago that ostensibly handles the GH2, that doesn't work.

Other people on this thread mentioned that all their software is current, and I've run update at least twice in the last week. But my RAW files are greenish and very dark, despite clear and beautiful corresponding jpgs.

BTW, this problem shows up in Picasa, as well as in iPhoto and Aperture, so I'm assuming it is an OS level problem.

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