raw vs jpeg

[TMG1961]

I normally shoot in raw only. But today i did shoot raw+jpeg. Jpeg settings Large + standard creative style. I always noticed that the raw files needed some work when they were imported into lightroom, they did not look like the out of the camera jpeg files. But today after importing all the photos i could not tell without looking at the files extension which was which.
These 2 photos are unedited exports from lightroom, one of them is the exported raw file, the other is the exported jpeg file. i only resized them in photoshop, nothing else done to them. I can not tell which is which (i know but can not say here)

 

[oscar118]

I downloaded your dsc000003.* files. Iimporting in Lightroom and inspecting at 100%, the raw looks a bit noisier and sharper, and colours are a bit different. Left: raw, right: jpg. Differences are indeed hard to to notice at normal size.

 

[Jack]

I did reset the camera to factory default and took some new photos. Still all raw and jpeg files look almost identical. Even when shooting in auto mode.

But that's how they should look TMG1961 ,unless I'm wrong. The jpg file is just a copy of raw file. Is like you'd copy the picture from one hard drive to another, there shouldn't be any differences between them.

 

[oscar118]

But that's how they should look TMG1961 ,unless I'm wrong. The jpg file is just a copy of raw file. Is like you'd copy the picture from one hard drive to another, there shouldn't be any differences between them.

The JPG is an in-camera processed RAW, the camera will usually reduce noise, adjust white balance, slightly enhance contrast, sharpen and compress the image. The degree of processing depends of your settings. They should NOT look the same. JPG is "ready to be printed/looked at", raw is "as the sensor captured". And JPG compression is NOT lossless.

 

[kzurro]

to be honest TMG1961 , I think you are looking for problems where there are none.

 

[Jack]

The JPG is an in-camera processed RAW, the camera will usually reduce noise, adjust white balance, slightly enhance contrast, sharpen and compress the image. The degree of processing depends of your settings. They should NOT look the same. JPG is "ready to be printed/looked at", raw is "as the sensor captured". And JPG compression is NOT lossless.

I will have to test it myself. As far as I know, there shouldn't be difference between them. But also depends on camera as well I guess.

 

[TMG1961]

to be honest TMG1961 , I think you are looking for problems where there are none.

Maybe not for you. But everybody is different. I don't like the way lightroom changed the way it presents the "unedited" raw files. For me that is a problem.

 

[Jack]

Maybe not for you. But everybody is different. I don't like the way lightroom changed the way it presents the "unedited" raw files. For me that is a problem.

Have you tried other softwares?

 

[TMG1961]

Have you tried other softwares?

I tried and the same result. Not going to investigate any further as i believe that it is not a software but hardware problem and not going to do anything about it. Not looking into being without a camera again for weeks.

 

[Jack]

I tried and the same result. Not going to investigate any further as i believe that it is not a software but hardware problem and not going to do anything about it. Not looking into being without a camera again for weeks.

As long as there is not affected the image quality, should be OK. I also would suggest you to set the camera on a tripod, set it to Manual and try to get 2 pictures 1 raw and 1 jph with same settings, and see if there's any difference.

 

[oscar118]

I do not think there is any problem. The raw files are very big, so the viewer software is probably compressing and sampling the file..., and the differences are masked in the process.