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jonathann29893633
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February 22, 2021
Question

Lumix s5 raw images lightroom - hugely underexposed.

  • February 22, 2021
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Has anyone had this issue. I've shot them properly exposed and yet when imported to lightroom they turn almost pitch black. 

 

Any help?? 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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jona@jacknimble
Participant
May 20, 2023

 

Turn 'i.Dynamic range' OFF in-camera and it fixes it!


i. Dynamic Range basically auto adjusts (i = intelligent) your contrast and exposure when shooting high dynamic range scenes (ie. bright outdoor landscapes).

 

The camera still captures a RAW image but when imported into Lightroom the preview will look different (usually underexposed) to what it looked like on the LCD /LVF.

 

Turning it off has saved me loads of time, having to add +1.00 exposure values in Lr just to get it back to what it looked like on my camera at the time of shooting!

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Angelo319392189unk
Participant
October 28, 2024

thank you!!!!

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Tom Pold
Participant
November 22, 2021

Hello,

did you fix this dark RAW file problem? ... I have the same and I don't know where the bug is. after turning on the HLG everything returns to normal, while in v-log mode they are terribly dark

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    carlotta24671747eg3f
    Participant
    May 31, 2022

    I have the same problem and can't figure out what's wrong! Anyone figured it out? Thanks!

      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      May 31, 2022

      @carlotta24671747eg3f 

      Several people have suggested above that there is a camera setting that potentially causes this. Please investigate.

      Per Berntsen
      Community Expert
      Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      February 22, 2021

      This is probably caused by some camera setting that lifts the shadows or increases the brightness of the image.

      Camera settings only affect jpgs, including the image you see on the back of the camera and the jpg embedded in the raw file. Check your camera for any exposure settings, and set them to neutral.

       

      You can also, if you like, put a sample raw file on Dropbox or similar, post the link here, and we could take a look at it.

       

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      jonathann29893633Author
      Participating Frequently
      February 23, 2021

      Thanks Per, I definitely have removed any such features like auto exposure etc etc, here is a link to some raw shots. The odd thing is, they even show up properly exposed on the preview files on my computer but when they are imported into lightroom or capture one they immediately become about 3 or 4 stops underexposed... And the same when they are uploaded onto Google drive it seems. I don't get it!

       

      https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1N31t2HqF8wlA53OWUpLHTc0Opj9ZxUPU?usp=sharing

      dj_paige
      dj_paige
      Legend
      February 23, 2021

      Hi, @jonathann29893633 

       

      Most viewiers, by default, show the JPG preview embedded in the raw file. Lightroom Classic shows it rendering of the actual RAW and does not show the JPG preview. So when you say "The odd thing is, they even show up properly exposed on the preview files on my computer but when they are imported into lightroom or capture one they immediately become about 3 or 4 stops underexposed", I say there's nothing odd about it, that's what Lightroom Classic is supposed to do.

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