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Originally Posted by Snowyowl
I've been shooting in RAW for the last while and processing the picutes through RAWshooter Essentials but as of the past weekend I've switched back to JPEG.
What has been happening is that the pictures look ok in the camera or in Picasa but when I open them in RAWshooter they are terribly dark I usual have to lighten them by two or three exposure steps plus sometimes some fill light. There may be something wrong in the camera settings but I can't see anything out of wack. Everything seems fine in pictures taken as JPEG. Digital Photo Prof. also gives me dark shots so I don't think that it's a software problem.
any advice would be appreciated.
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Hi Snowyowl
You don't say which camera you're using, if it's the Nikon D200 they always underexpose by design. I always have to adjust the rendered RAW file by + 1.5 to 2 stops to obtain correct exposure, Nikons excuse is that by underexposing (slightly?) it retains definition in the highlights, (yes I suppose it does). You can of course compensate for this in the camera, but I prefer to do my adjustments using Nikon Capture NX or Photoshop. If it's not your camera that is underexposing then it may be you need to change the settings in your software or change your software for something like Bibble or Photoshop Elements 5. These programs allow you plenty of set up options that should make it possible to obtain consistent rendering of RAW file exposures the way you like them.
nirofo.