Panasonic GH7 baseline exposure incorrect

Question

I have been shooting a few thousands images with this camera and the images are way bright

I have compared with my sony camera on the same exposure settings and the GH7 seem 0.5 ev or more off

I noticed the baseline exposure value is 0.5 this seems incorrect

When I shoot a grey card the camera aims at 45% IRE the raw files shows 52%

Looking at the G9M2 and GH6 those cameras had a baseline exposure set to zero and so should be with the GH7

i have defined a user preset on import to correct they otherwise too bright images

KR Seals · Answer

Try evaluating the files in an application called Raw Digger. It will let you know where the raw exposure falls. The web site has some great general information about exposure in raw files.

Based on analyzing my Nikon Z 8/9 images in Raw Digger, I have set +.66 EV as my standard exposure. That results in a brighter appearance in Lightroom Classic, but shadow detail is much better without clipping the highlights. It's easy, like you note to use an import preset reducing the LrC exposure setting to a normal level.

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