I just got a new MacBook Pro. The raw file looks very dark and contrasted compared to jpg. This both with preview than with aperture. My camera is a nikon d600 Is this normal??
In the past I had a iMac and i didn't have this problem.
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I take it you're shooting RAW+JPEG. The camera will apply styling to the JPEG in the camera, whereas the RAW is "untreated" coming from the camera. There will definitely be differences. What do the histograms look like between the two? Another thought ... you don't happen to have an Import Preset being applied, do you?
As for why there's a more pronounced difference on your MacBook Pro vs. an iMac ... less sure about that. Had you done any display calibration on the iMac?
-scott
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Do you have a setting in your Nikon that is comparable to the Canon's "Preserve highlights"? With an in-camera setting like that, the camera will take the photos slightly underexposed, one f-stop lower than necessary and add an EXIF tag to the image, so that this can be corrected during the raw processing. Camera specific raw processing does understand these tags and apply a correction when processing the raw, but Aperture does not know all in-camera tags and so you will see the naked, underexposed raw. If you use these kind of in-camery settings increase the exposure slider value after importing the image, or even better, refrain from using in-camera settings when shooting raw.
Hi
I am not using any import preset. I will check if there is any "preserve function" active in my camera. By the way the problem is the same in preview and in aperture. the problem is not just "underexposed" but also more contrasted than JPG.
thanks
Nikon calls this "Active-D lighting" I believe. You'll want to ensure that's turned off on the camera.
Hi
yes is turned off. by the way i just got another problem with aperture. Selecting several picture and pressing "revert to original" only revert the first one!!!!! i have already checked that the "primary only" is not selected!!! this problem is a disaster :::: i should press "revert to original " one by one!!!
by the way i just got another problem with aperture. Selecting several picture and pressing "revert to original" only revert the first one!!!!! i have already checked that the "primary only" is not selected!!! this problem is a disaster :::: i should press "revert to original " one by one!!!
Use the menu entry "Photos > Revert to Original".
IT WORKS!!! THX LEONIE
Great! You are welcome! 🙂
Hi Leonie
Shooting a picture in both RAW and JPG ...is ot normal in Aperture the Histograms look different?
Thx
Francesco
Shooting a picture in both RAW and JPG ...is ot normal in Aperture the Histograms look different?
Perfectly normal, Francesco. The jpeg may have been enhanced by in-camera processing, whereas the raw are the bare-bones data as registered by the camera's sensor.
Regards
Léonie
I just got a new MacBook Pro. The raw file looks very dark and contrasted compared to jpg. This both with preview than with aperture. Is this normal??
