Since Lightroom version 1 is coming out, and I'd be quite interested to use it
for real wedding jobs. I've tried Beta 4 and liked the interface and ease of
control. However, there's one problem I couldn't solve. It's whether Lightroom
would read the in-camera settings already in the NEF file.
For example, if I set in my D200 the sharpening to be high, saturation high,
etc, and I shoot RAW + Jpeg, I'll have 2 files. One "cooked" jpeg, and one NEF
file. In Windows Picture Viewer or in photoshop when I open up the jpeg I'll
see the jpeg as I've shot it. However, when I open up the NEF with Photoshop
(Adobe Raw) or Lightroom, everything look pale and different. I figured it's
because the sharpening, saturation, etc, wasn't loaded by those programs. If I
open the NEF with Nikon Capture Editor, the photo would look the same as the
jpeg, because it understands all the settings.
I shoot in RAW only in a typical wedding job, and I'd like to use Lightroom for
editing the photos, but it'd be a waste of time if the in-camera settings are
lost (I know that the white-balance can be set to "As-shot", so that doesn't
count), and I have to re-do all the adjustments.
Is what I'm experiencing normal? Or is there any way to set the Lightroom so
that I can read the settings in the NEF file?
doubtful that it could use the sharpening setting. number 1 it would have to interpret what
Nikon meant by "high sharpening" because #2.) Adobe usesvery different sharpening
algorithms than Nikon (or Canon, etc.) do.
You can set up a custom default set of preset parameters for that camera and PsLr v1.0
could apaprently apply those to all D200 images or even ones shot with that specific
camera body.
It also allows custom curves to be applied especially if you load their 'straight' curve into your camera. It also allows customised curves to be uploaded to the camera and there is an online database of many curves to try.
It also allows images to be edited as well as batch processing to jpg and tif if you know which curve you want to apply to a series of images.
I have a low contrast curve custom curve to produce jpg's uploaded to my D50 which compresses the highlights to reduce them blowing, and ups the shadows at the same time. One hit of the auto levels in Picasa and pretty much how i like it straight from the jpeg. If not I still have the NEF.
All this for $15. Bargain. There also useful forums as well.
For some reason that last one hasn't recompressed very well and doesn't look too good as posted. Looks fine when displayed in image viewer at native res.
, Feb 03, 2007; 10:14 p.m.
