Hi Jim,
I understand very well the difficulty in getting some of these RAW
development programs to not apply their automatic settings so that you
can cross compare.
I have looked at these images you posted, and to my novice eye it
appears that Olympus Master and the DxO samples are the best.
The other images all appear (to me) to have a slight magenta cast to them.
I also found (for myself) that ACR in CS3 and ACR in PSE 8.0 with the
same settings applied for white balance gave a different temperature
look when developed, even though both were set at the same temperature.
It is frustrating to think that we are trying to use the RAW development
software only to find that it very often might not be worth the effort
in that the JPEGs are usually very good from the E-bodies and we aren't
seeing enough difference to make it worth going the RAW route.
Candace
Jim Couch wrote:
> I am beginning to think I am a bit crazy! for those who are interested I
> have posted a set of photos on my smugmug page: E620 raw WB comparison
> <http://www.unicornphotography.com/Other/E620-test/10343459_o9XAP#715479280_uUNxp>
>
> Samples were converted from an E620 ORF file setting white balance to
> daylight (5300k) I tried to turn everything else off so as to keep other
> settings from influencing things (Not that easy sometimes!) There is
> sharpening, highlight recovery, lens adjustments, ect. Feel free to take
> a look. Photo was shot at 2:47pm, not an ideal time of day, but typical
> of much of the climbing photos I wind up taking.
>
> The files represent output from Elements ACR, Lightroom 3 (beta), Phase
> One Capture One 5, Olympus Studio 2 and the E-620 JPG as shot.
>
> A few of my observations:
>
> The JPEG straight out of the camera is actually quite good, I think
> better than what I often got shooting JPG with my Nik*n D200, even the
> shadows look pretty good. The Studio conversion matches the colors
> pretty well shadows are a bit closed up, but I am sure a bit more
> processing could open them up just fine.
>
> I am not as happy with the elements and Lightroom colors. they are not
> as pleasing, and do not match my recollection of the scene (and this is
> a place I know well and have photographed a lot.) Interestingly enough,
> the elements and Lightroom conversions DO NOT match each other. I had
> assumed that both used ACR, and that the output would be identical, but
> there are some slight differences.
>
> There is some interesting stuff going on with the Capture One output as
> the shadows are opened up a lot, and overall contrast appears to be
> lower. Overall the color is different, but not bad.
>
>
> The DxO output is also very different from the Olympus output, but is
> probably the most 'accurate' of all of the samples.
>
> Of all the samples I like the Studio and DxO samples the best.
>
> Obviously there is a lot more to look at. This is only one aspect, and
> one sample photograph at that, and my judgment based on a single monitor
> and a set of prints, but clearly there are some significant differences
> in raw conversion software packages!
>
> I would love to hear other's comments.
>
> Jim Couch
>
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