ProRaw over sharpened on iPhone 15 Pro

[jlabate]

For my taste the ProRaw files are over sharpened on my iPhone 15 Pro when viewing them in Photos. I am doing no processing of them either and they just load like that. I can't find an adjustment to fix the over sharpening. Is there a way?

 

[FadedPhotoGuy]

Sadly unless you’re doing post-processing no. But if you’re not doing post-processing you’re probably wasting storage space shooting ProRaw.

 

[jlabate]

Sadly unless you’re doing post-processing no. But if you’re not doing post-processing you’re probably wasting storage space shooting ProRaw.

Thank you for the reply. I will do post processing so will keep with ProRaw but disappointed the default sharpening is too much. I will likely use Photoshop to address that over sharpening but it's a big criticism of the iPhone 15 Pro's default raw processing.

 

[jaberg]

The Local Tone Map slider in the Raw Processing section of Raw Power dials back some of Apple’s ProRaw secret sauce.

 

[jlabate]

The Local Tone Map slider in the Raw Processing section of Raw Power dials back some of Apple’s ProRaw secret sauce.

Thank you. I wasn't aware of Apple's Raw Power app and have always processed all other raw files with ACR. This is my first iPhone capable of making raw files.

 

[jaberg]

Thank you. I wasn't aware of Apple's Raw Power app and have always processed all other raw files with ACR. This is my first iPhone capable of making raw files.

Just to be clear, Raw Power is a product of Nik Bhatt/Gentlemen Coders. Nik used to be part of the photography group at Apple, but RP is an independent effort.

 

[eriepa]

Like jaberg, I also find the Tone Map slider in RAW Power useful in dialing things down when needed. In general, however, I do not find the 48 MP ProRaw images overly sharpened. Are you using the 12 MP setting vs the 48 MP setting? Maybe there is a difference there.