![]() Most use LR for its abilities in handling and tweaking images, and more. Oly Viewer does look better out of the box. That software knows what the camera knows. For the most part, the best "out of camera RAW viewer/processor" is the one the camera manufacturer gives you access to. ![]() Oly isn't the only one here, as most others do the same. Olympus won't tell Adobe what the RAW format they use means, so Adobe guesses. ![]() OV3 gives better overall results but it's just a pain to use especially if you have a lot of images.Īssume you are importing or shooting RAW (ORF)? All programs when reading a RAW file try to interpret what the RAW details are. The properly processed raw images do look slightly better than the properly processed jpegs producing less haloing and less noise clumping. However, the in camera jpegs do tend to be over-sharpened in camera even if you turn off the in camera sharpening. If you properly expose the image in camera and the dynamic range of the scene is not too great, it is tempting to use the jpeg images rather than dealing with the raw. Most raw images will also still get processed using the basic panel sliders in the Develop mode of LR. Others use a preset to apply a Passport Color Checker profile, a CA correction, and a noise reduction/sharpening correction tied into the ISO setting of the raw image. Some people on this forum use a very elaborate custom preset in LR to get back to the look achieved by OV3. Even if you shoot jpeg+raw in camera, the jpegs in Lightroom don't look as good as the either jpeg or raw in OV3. In Lightroom the raw images always look flat and dull and completely ignore the in-camera jpeg settings. Apparently Olympus Viewer 3 applies the in camera jpeg setting to the raw images in the OV3 software to make the raw images initially look like the in-camera jpegs. Is this to do with the RAW converters being used by these programs? Has anyone else experienced this? So being one of the most popular programs for photographic development why on earth do some of my photos appear to be less detailed or have different tone to them on import? Olympus Viewer 3 from the moment of import, just looks better. I've checked to see if anything is being done on import and it's not, and any sliders that are different in develop mode I put back to normal or "zero" them. Installed Lightroom CC, import the same photo original, and it appears slightly soft, with a more pale slightly washed out tone to it. ![]() So I import my photos into Oly Viewer and they look like what I shot, so I play with the images to try and get some more detail out of them. Before installing it I'd been using Olympus Viewer 3 as it came with the camera. So thought I'd try out Lightroom properly after a short trial a few months ago, and obviously we're on the newest versions now. Wasn't sure where to post, in here or in the retouching forum but as it's mostly related to my Oly cam I thought people here may know more. ![]()
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