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August 23, 2020

P: Camera Raw: Canon R5 Raw images are underexposed

  • August 23, 2020
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Canon R5 RAW images are underexposed by 1.5 to 2 stops when imported into Lightroom. 

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Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 21, 2020

@8648188_Spp

There isn't an additional fix planned. Images will need to be modified in Lr 10 if they were edited previously. 

Apologies for this. 

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
Inspiring
October 21, 2020

I just noticed a really annoying bug with LRC 10.0 : the brightness of my images is different when I look at them in the Library or Develop menu. In the library menu they are 1/3 f-stop darker. When I switch to the Develop menu, they are displayed with the same brightness at first, but after a few moments they become 1/3 f-stop brighter. This happens only with the CR3 files of my Canon EOS R5, with the CR2 files of my Canon EOS 5DSR, the brightness remains the same in both modules. Now, I don't know which display is correct and relevant for the output. 

Rikk Flohr_Photography
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 21, 2020

Greetings,

 

Updates for the Adobe Photography Products were officially released on 10.20.2020 that include fixes for these issues. Please install the most recent update and confirm that your issue is now fixed. Please let us know if you encounter any issues.

If you have large numbers of affected previously-edited images you can:

  • Use the Library Filter to only show images from the Canon R5 with edits.
  • In LIbrary - Grid Select All
  • Use Quick Develop to adjust exposure to -2/3 (Small Left-facing Arrow clicked twice)
  • This should restore your edits to the expected state. 

 

Thank you for your patience.

Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
ShootingPixelsAndy
Inspiring
October 21, 2020

It has but the solution breaks all existing edits brought over from v9.4 as they are now made brighter. So it's roll back to 9.4 until Adobe fixes the fix.

Inspiring
October 21, 2020

@Rikk just wondering, has this been addressed in the latest release of Lightroom? Applying additional settings at import time isn't the end of the world, but would be great to get Lightroom's default rendering to be closer to that of the CR3 embedded previews.

lisaa67201928
Participating Frequently
September 8, 2020
looking forward to your reply!
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
September 8, 2020
Thanks for that genuinely useful bit of information.
You are again, most welcome. 
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Ash Mills Photography
Known Participant
September 8, 2020
Thanks for the pic Lisa. 
Ash Mills Photography
Known Participant
September 8, 2020
Andrew you have an almost unbelievably bitter way of responding.  

Fortunately some of us are different to you.  
At one time yes, no longer Ash; please read how this now works. 
Thanks for that genuinely useful bit of information.  A genuine iterative improvement for me there from 12.2.

I know you do have loads of very useful information  - heck I even have read your book - but please accept that different races require different cars we do not all want to achieve your approach, style and standards of imaging.
 



TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
September 8, 2020
The process to create a variable ISO preset (hacking a text file) is hardy a simple process.
It may have been a difficult process for you Ash. 

At one time yes, no longer Ash; please read how this now works:
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/photoshop/kb/acr-raw-defaults.html#SetrawdefaultsspecifictoISOvalues
Raw digger is lovely n all, but the in camera histogram is what people have to use on location
It may be what you use on location. If you prefer to assume about exposure based on incorrect data from a camera Histogram, by all means do so. That isn't a necessity for everyone fortunately.

Some
here were making optimal exposures, on transparency film in the field before camera histograms existed. There is absolutely no need to use a lie of a Histogram to expose anything. 

Some here understand how cameras meters work, they understand by testing how to expose optimally for raw data, on location without any need for a camera Histogram or LCD. 

Photographers have been exposing far, far longer without a crutch that lies about exposure than those who use this misinformation about exposing their raw data (or film). 
 Although they are not 1990s blue chip ones obviously.
Obviously if you say so. 
I knew you’d bite at “scientifically” my point was they are “rawest” -looking without being shockingly ugly.
I kind of knew you probably couldn't answer the question addressed to about the comment, using science. 

You can still try to explain yourself scientifically. 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"