Are a6000 RAW files greatly overexposed comare to JPG?

[broddesign]

Is anybody experience the same effect or something wrong with my camera?


JPG


RAW

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[Bruce Oudekerk]

Is anybody experience the same effect or something wrong with my camera?


JPG


RAW

I don't have the a6000 but my best guess is that this is not a malfunctioning camera but rather a poor exposure that has been corrected in-camera by the Jpeg engine conversion process.

I don't know the metering mode used but it looks like the dark central portion (the blue sweatshirt) of the image is being exposed for some indeterminate tone that is lighter than the shirt itself. In film days it was assumed to be 18% gray but other factors have generally led to something other than that. Whatever...when the shirt was metered and in turn lightened...the entire rest of the image became too light also in the actual capture. The camera does not know that this is a DARK object and it assumes otherwise, in this case incorrectly. On the other hand, the Jpeg engine is 'smart' enough to try to prevent all the light areas from getting too light and that in turn, toned the rest of the image down also.

Remember, the Jpeg CAME from that overexposed RAW data.

While unlikely, another scenario is that in your computer's RAW conversion there is some default setting that is universally shifting the exposure up an EV or so. This seem unlikely to me.

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[broddesign]

I've shoot this picture with NEX-7 (jpg-raw) and a6000 (jpg-raw). Same lens and same settings...

The difference between JPG and RAW (Apple Aperture) from NEX-7 and a6000 are very obvious.

Is this by design or my a6000 has a problem?




NEX-7 RAW




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a6000 RAW




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[broddesign]

Is Apple Aperture supports Sony a6000 camera RAW?

 

[blue_skies]

Is anybody experience the same effect or something wrong with my camera?

Check your settings, there are two color spectrum settings in the camera: sRGB and Adobe RGB.

My guess is that you inadvertently switched to Adobe RGB. Switch it back to sRGB, and it will be fine.

sRGB vs. Adobe RGB

 

[forpetessake]

Is anybody experience the same effect or something wrong with my camera?

There isn't anything wrong with the camera. The raw files cannot be overexposed compared to jpeg by definition. The jpeg is an in-camera processed RAW image. So what you observed is the problem of your RAW conversion software (or your use of it) and nothing else.

 

[Allan Olesen]

Is anybody experience the same effect or something wrong with my camera?

Saying that a raw is overexposed because the resulting jpg is too bright simply doesn't make any technical sense.

A raw file has no brightness in itself. It is up to your raw conversion software to interpret the raw data and apply a tone curve to get you the brightness you want.

So what you see is the result of some raw conversion software doing something else than you wanted.

 

[jbbevel]

I'm having the same exact issue. I really think it's software related, but I'm new to shooting in RAW so I'm hoping someone can help.

It wasn't the sRGB setting for me....

I only have iPhoto on my MAC and that's where the RAW is coming out overexposed.

Wanting to get lightroom, but I really want to make sure that this will fix it. Can someone explain if I need a different RAW conversion software? Even the Play Memories software from Sony does it, though not as bad as iPhoto.

thanks all...

 

[forpetessake]

I'm having the same exact issue. I really think it's software related, but I'm new to shooting in RAW so I'm hoping someone can help.

It wasn't the sRGB setting for me....

I only have iPhoto on my MAC and that's where the RAW is coming out overexposed.

Wanting to get lightroom, but I really want to make sure that this will fix it. Can someone explain if I need a different RAW conversion software? Even the Play Memories software from Sony does it, though not as bad as iPhoto.

thanks all...

Yes, the LR5 works with A6000 raw files. Alternatively, you can get their free Adobe DNG converter, which can convert A6000 raw files to dng format, which all PP software can use.

 

[broddesign]

Thank you everyone! I finally figur it out: I am using Apple Apperture. On the beginning it couldn't read a6000' raw files at all... After the latest update on apple's digital camera raw - it start to display overexposed raw... It greatly confused me. I thought it was a final upgrade. My mistake - we have to weight for another apple's upgrade for specific a6000 raw... Common Apple!
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[Elden Bishop]

I'm getting the same behavior. Every single RAW picture is bright, washed out and unusable. I hope Apple issues a fix soon.

 

[Elden Bishop]

Interestingly enough, this morning, raw would not load at all in Aperture. I performed a software update to get the latest raw drivers and the images loaded but are all washed out and overexposed just as you described. The update contained a driver for the RX10 but not the A6000. OS/X seems to think these are RX10 pics perhaps?

 

[Bruce Oudekerk]

Interestingly enough, this morning, raw would not load at all in Aperture. I performed a software update to get the latest raw drivers and the images loaded but are all washed out and overexposed just as you described. The update contained a driver for the RX10 but not the A6000. OS/X seems to think these are RX10 pics perhaps?

As suggested elsewhere, have you tried converting to DNG and then opening in Aperture? Should work fine, I would think.

Bruce

 

[Allan Olesen]

I'm getting the same behavior. Every single RAW picture is bright, washed out and unusable. I hope Apple issues a fix soon.

If you think that a raw photo is unusable because it looks wrong with the initial conversion settings, then I have to ask:

Why do you want to use raw if you don't understand what it gives you?

The jpeg from the camera was based on the same data as you find in the raw. Some of them was actually thrown away from the jpeg. So from a raw file, you can always make a photo which is at least as well exposed as the jpeg from the camera.

 

[cSimon]

It's an Apple conversion error. When previewing in Finder all the raw's look indeed overexposed, when importing in Lightroom the raw presentation is just fine.

Seems something Apple can fix in next update. Be sure to file a report to Apple, so they know about the problem.

 

[broddesign]

Thank you everybody! And shame to Apple

 

[Fwils]

The photos are certainly not unusable. Applying the exposure -2 or -1 quick fix in aperture makes the photo usable for me. When I first got the camera I could not use raw, this minor issue is better than shooting jpeg.

 

[Ambulater]

As an Aperture user I can confirm that the overexposed default preview of a6000 RAW files is simply related to the fact that Aperture does not yet fully support the a6000 for RAW conversion. However, this does *NOT* mean that the RAW file is unusable as stated previously in this thread. Yes, the initial preview is displayed as being overexposed, but assuming you took the shot with decent exposure, all of the data to PP a great pic is still there. I've done just that with a6000 RAW files in Aperture. Because these files aren't fully supported yet it takes just a small amount of extra fiddling, mainly playing with the exposure slider, but you can definitely produce an excellent final product that is perfectly exposed (assuming you nailed the exposure to begin with when you took the photo).

 

[ResearchKen]

I'm not having this problem with Lightroom.

However, has anyone noticed the A6000's images being a bit on the cool/tungsten side pertaining to the colors? I made the jump from the 5N and I can really tell the difference between the two. The 5N gives me warmer images compared to the A6000. I've checked and compared both cameras to make sure that the color settings and white balances were the same (which they are)... just can't seem to figure it out.

I've taken pics in the same conditions with both cameras with the same lenses and I still see this. Have any of you tweaked your A6000's white balance to get warmer images? I have it set to auto right now, but I usually have to correct the temp/vibe of the color in LR afterwards more than I would like to

 

[mglish]

I just purchased an a6000 and encountered this issue. I found this thread while searching for answers. This thread led me to the answer although you kind of have to read between the lines to figure out the problem. As an assistance to others who also may be searching, I want to describe the problem and how I have solved it.

I also have an NEX-6 and had been using Aperture to import and edit the files. I also used iPhoto. The photos with this camera came out great. When I imported RAW files from the a6000, they were washed out. I assumed that there was either a problem with the camera or some kind of incompatibility between the camera and the Sony lens.

Turns out that the problem is that Apple has not updated their RAW import utility to support the a6000. It does support the NEX-6. I downloaded the trial version of Lightroom and the RAW files are flawless. I also downloaded the free Adobe DNG Converter. It reads/translates a6000 RAW files but it seems that Aperture doesn't know what to do with those files.

I'm not that invested in Aperture and am willing to purchase Lightroom. I’m going to use it some more to see if I like it. At least I know that it works.