NEF Files wont seem to look like RAW

[heartbeatsoun24924915w7jn]

Hello,

I got my brand new Nikon Z8 yesterday and tryed it for a shoot.

In lightroom i normally worked with Sony RAW's and they always "looked" like RAW.

Now when i watch the RAW's from my Z8 all my shots gets a automated colorprofile from lighroom. When i watch this .NEF File on windows i can clearly see a Color Difference between Lighroom and Windows Photo Viewer. (First is Lightroom, Sec is Windows)

The Colorprofile from Lightroom (Camera Flat) looks different from my Windows Photo Viewer

Can anybody help me please 🙂

[Sameer K]

Hey, @heartbeatsoun24924915w7jn. Welcome to the Lightroom Community! I'm here to help you out with this.

What you see in Lightroom is usually an unprocessed view of the actual RAW image. The Windows Photo viewer shows you the JPEG preview of the same image, which might not look exactly like the RAW image since it's meant for casual viewing, while RAW is all about developing those images.

Here’s an older yet interesting conversation about a somewhat related topic: https://adobe.ly/4i36pGX

And here’s a FAQ for Lightroom Classic that usually applies to Lightroom too: https://adobe.ly/4i7VVGo

Thanks!

Sameer K

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