Is "ANYBODY" able to download raw nefs from a Nikon D3 in lightroom without the colours and exposure changing? Is it just the D3 that doesn't work with lightroom?
If I convert D3 raws to tiffs via Nikon Capture and then load the tiffs into LR all's well but that's defeating the object of course.
It seems to me that LR will open all raw files from all other cameras correctly but not the D3.
Yes, LR is updated.
It doesn't matter what camera you're using, Lightroom can't read all the in-camera settings, so after the initial preview from the camera jpeg, LR adjusts things to it's defaults. What do you have the Camera Calibration set to for the D3? Perhaps the Camera Calibration you're using works for your other cameras, but not the D3. If you want all in-camera settings to apply when a NEF is opened, you'll have to use Nikon Capture NX.
Colin - Alan is correct in that what you want Lightroom to do isn't what it was designed to do. However, Adobe has released "camera matching" profiles that can be installed that emulate the JPGs you'd get out of camera. I found that it helps with getting a good starting point for raw work. You can find more about the profiles on The Adobe Labs DNG Profiles page. (And despite the name, the profiles don't require any use of DNG file formats or anything.)
Colin, I use a D3 and Lightroom and I don't notice much of a difference when downloading files. I do see a very slight changem but not enough to create a problem. Hope you get it figured out. Conrad
Hi guys,
Although Nikon Capture is glacially slow it does open raw files as shot. Do you remember raw shooter essentials, that was another programme that used to open my D200 raws as shot, sadly Adobe bought that and put it in a drawer somewhere!
I 'thought' Light Room would open pics as shot in the same way Capture and raw essentials did but, maybe not. What bugs me is I balance my camera settings to what I want but LR does not faithfully translate that info and I have to try and replicate what I wanted originally but I will look into all the info you guys kindly sent, later this evening.
Personally, I don't have an issue with doing that, but I don't do it myself. Instead I simply made sure it wasn't too amped up and that my histograms seemed reasonable so I could judge exposure with them. (The camera settings will affect the histogram.) Nothing fancy or formal, but I didn't try to make the image look good on the screen, since I mainly only care about the histogram at that point. I figured I'd just set my raw developer defaults to make things look good.
If you are setting your body to something like vivid and increased contrast, then the imbedded jpegs and raws opened in Nikon software will look different than the raws do in any Adobe software, this is because, as was mentioned only Nikon software reads all the in camera settings.
I am working with LR3 Beta and my friend helped me create custom profiles for each body. I got one shot the way I like to see my landscapes, then I use that and apply to all new imports. Works well.
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6 repliesIf I convert D3 raws to tiffs via Nikon Capture and then load the tiffs into LR all's well but that's defeating the object of course.
It seems to me that LR will open all raw files from all other cameras correctly but not the D3.
Yes, LR is updated.
Although Nikon Capture is glacially slow it does open raw files as shot. Do you remember raw shooter essentials, that was another programme that used to open my D200 raws as shot, sadly Adobe bought that and put it in a drawer somewhere!
I 'thought' Light Room would open pics as shot in the same way Capture and raw essentials did but, maybe not. What bugs me is I balance my camera settings to what I want but LR does not faithfully translate that info and I have to try and replicate what I wanted originally but I will look into all the info you guys kindly sent, later this evening.
Personally, I don't have an issue with doing that, but I don't do it myself. Instead I simply made sure it wasn't too amped up and that my histograms seemed reasonable so I could judge exposure with them. (The camera settings will affect the histogram.) Nothing fancy or formal, but I didn't try to make the image look good on the screen, since I mainly only care about the histogram at that point. I figured I'd just set my raw developer defaults to make things look good.
I am working with LR3 Beta and my friend helped me create custom profiles for each body. I got one shot the way I like to see my landscapes, then I use that and apply to all new imports. Works well.