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Experiences with Nikon D750 and Aperture

Hi,

a few weeks ago I bought a Nikon D750 – my camera before was a Nikon D700.

All in all I am disappointed about the quality of my photos with the D750 in Aperture – they’re all 14bit RAWs without compression. The problems e. g. are:

- Photos shot with the D750 at low light conditions at home are too much colour saturated - especially there’s too much red in it.

- Contrast is much too high.

- Dark areas are often black without details.

I looked at many of these photos in Adobe’s Lightroom. The RAW intepretation seems a bit better (especially regarding contrast and dark areas) but has other problems (e. g. with skin tones).

I made a few comparision photos with my D750 and the D700. All in all the D700 makes a much better job in home light conditions. You can see more details in the photos, colour saturation and contrast are better.

Can anyone confirm these problems? At the moment I am not sure if it is a problem of the D750 (which is reviewed everywhere so excellent!) or of the CameraRAW interpretation of Apple. Will future Camera RAW updates mabye have better interpretations?

Regards, Ulf

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1), Aperture 3.6

Posted on Jan 3, 2015 9:11 AM

38 replies

Jan 2, 2016 11:09 AM in response to Uelef

Yeah, I knowingly decided to upgrade to the latest Aperture version, even though Apple had already announced it'll abandon it. It's just that I have so much images (and time) put into my Aperture library, that I though with the latest version I can postpone the switch to another program for maybe another year (or two).

To answer your question, though -- no, I haven't tried another app/converter yet.

Uelef Author

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Jan 3, 2016 1:53 AM in response to im_nobody

You should try another converter to see whether Aperture or your D750 causes the problem …

Feb 8, 2016 2:59 PM in response to im_nobody

please note that if you calibrate your monitor and receive "large" icc profile (size over few KB)

than under el capitan you probably have few issues with contrast in aperture and viewer (photos look darker)

in other icc dependent apps like NX LR PS C1 etc. everything looks ok.

léonie

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Feb 10, 2016 2:49 AM in response to Uelef

You could test, if the problem is with Aperture 3.6 or if it is Apple's RAW converter by opening a few of your RAW files in in the Photos for Mac application. It will use the same RAW support as Aperture.

When I do that for my new camera (not a Nikon D750, unfortunately) I find a difference between the rendered image in Photos and in Aperture. The Photos version is more natural.

In Aperture the camera defaults in the RAW fine Tuning settings are too aggressive for my cameras. "Boost" and "Color Boost" are maxed out in the RAW fine Tuning settings, and Sharpening is all the way down.

Previously I did not have to change these camera defaults. The first camera where I had to change it was the Canon 5D Mark II, where I had to lower the camera defaults for "Boost" and "Color Boost".

Jun 23, 2016 2:54 PM in response to Uelef

I have read this entire thread, and I am having the exact same problem. I also was previously using a D700 with fine results in Aperture. The D750 processes so red that I can't believe it. Uelef, did you ever find a resolution to this issue?? (I know this is an old thread, but it is the only one I found mentioning this issue.)

Jun 23, 2016 3:03 PM in response to xtravoice

An added note: I just opened a RAW file in Adobe Camera Raw, and it looks far better as far as the red saturation is concerned. But I am very dependent upon Aperture for as long as I can hold out. So I, too, am hoping for a solution within Aperture.

Lanny

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Jun 23, 2016 5:01 PM in response to xtravoice

So I, too, am hoping for a solution within Aperture.

Please understand that there will be no further development of Aperture by Apple. That was announced last year.

Jun 23, 2016 5:12 PM in response to Lanny

Oh, I know Apple won't do anything further with Aperture. I'm either hoping for a good (better?) workaround solution or that if RAW processing is improved for Photos that it might apply to Aperture.

Experiences with Nikon D750 and Aperture