#PROFESSIONAL RAWDIGGER FULL#
A7r II, 1/2, f/11, ISO 100 – CompressedĬlick on the image to open the full res version. You can notice more noise and slight magenta shift in the compressed version. All noise reduction and sharpness settings are set to 0. Second example: post processing data from Lightroom: +5Ev exposure, -80 highlights and +25 contrast. A7r II, 1/1000, f/8, ISO 100 – CompressedĬlick on the image to open the full res version. You can notice more noise on the label under the bulb in the compressed version and also some difference in the overall colour rendering. This is where I (finally) saw some differences but I needed to underexpose by 4/5 stops to have as much detail as possible in the highlights and then recover the shadows in Lightroom.įirst example: post processing data from Lightroom: +5Ev exposure, +35 contrast, -80 highlights and +80 shadow recovery. First I put the camera on a tripod and shot some long exposures at low ISO (NR off) to see if the same artefacts would appear in high contrast zones like a light bulb and an illuminated sign. Then I decided to take some low-light shots. A7r II, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 100 – UncompressedĬlick on the image to open the full res version. A7r II, 1/1250, f/8, ISO 100 – CompressedĬlick on the image to open the full res version. P ost processing data from Lightroom: +0.2Ev exposure, -30 highlights and +100 shadow recovery. I exposed for the clouds then recover the shadows.
The two shots below show a slightly better colour accuracy on the green foliage with the uncompressed version. Update: the following day I had a few minutes of sun breaking through the clouds. I then took some pictures of Heather indoors with mixed light and I came to the same conclusion. I took a few pictures outdoors just to see if I would notice a difference in scenes that lack detail like the cloudy sky but there weren’t any to speak of. Unfortunately, the light has been very flat these days due to heavy cloud, so I couldn’t really push the dynamic range. I also noticed that when playing back the images on the camera, it takes more time to magnify the uncompressed version (unless you are shooting Raw+JPG). The speed then decreases to more than 2s for 1 shot. With uncompressed Raw, the buffer capabilities at 5fps last for 14 shots (2.5s).After 5s it slows down considerably to around 1fps. 23 shots at 5fps with the compressed Raw. In continuous shooting mode, on the same SD card, the buffer lasts for approx.My Lexar 64GB 400x SD card can record approximately 1459 compressed Raw and 741 uncompressed Raw files.The uncompressed version is double the size at around 86MB.A compressed Raw file from the A7r II is around 43MB.
#PROFESSIONAL RAWDIGGER SOFTWARE#
Note that this firmware also adds support for video output via HDMI when using the Remote Camera Control software (it works for stills).īefore showing you some comparison shots, let’s share some numbers: The camera will display a slightly different Raw symbol on-screen depending on the compression chosen (White characters for compressed, black characters on a white background for uncompressed). In the Camera Menu section (first page) you can find the Raw compression option. Everything went smoothly and all my customised settings remained intact. I updated my A7r II from the Sony European website from version 1.10.
However I will always support a solution that gives more choice to the customer and satisfies the most demanding of users. There have been reports and discussions about artefacts you can get with these files but I have been testing A7 cameras since they were first released in late 2013 and in the real-world I have never found this to be a real issue.
#PROFESSIONAL RAWDIGGER UPDATE#
The update (hopefully) brings to an end the long debate about the Sony A7 series having only a lossy compressed Raw file. It allows users to select the uncompressed Raw format, an option already available on the A7s II and RX1r II. Cameras listed below are officially supported by LibRaw 0.Today Sony released firmware update 2.0 for the Sony A7r mark II.
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