Develop module ISO setting error

[barryb1717]

Lightroom Version Number

14.2

Operating System

1. Windows 11

I shot 80 pictures at the beach with the wrong ISO setting. The pictures were all shot with an ISO of 12,800 when they should have been 100-200.
Is there any way to fix them?

Thanks.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

No. ISO is a fixed camera setting, the raw file is a result of it.

 

[clee01l]

I shot 80 pictures at the beach with the wrong ISO setting. The pictures were all shot with an ISO of 12,800 when they should have been 100-200.
Is there any way to fix them?

Thanks.

Did you save the images as RAW? Raw photos have some flexibility to correct over and under exposed photos.

Begin by using the Adaptive Color profile and then work the Exposure slider to attempt to bring the image into a reasonable setting.

Are the images under or over exposed?


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[John R Ellis]

Is there any way to fix them?

If they're raws, Photo > Enhance > Denoise can greatly improve them. Denoise only works on raws, so if they're JPEGs, others here can suggest third-party apps that will do similar noise reduction and sharpening on JPEGs.

 

[Gnits]

I saved a batch of 50 vip images where Iso incorrect, but massively underexposed. Denoise did marvels. However if your images are overexposed then chances much slimmer as detail likely lost/ burned out.

 

[Johan Elzenga]

If the images are correctly exposed but noisy, then Denoise can indeed do wonders. If the images are overexposed as the result of this mistake, then they will be beyond rescue. The difference between ISO 200 and ISO 12,800 is 6 stops. Yes, a raw file has some exposure flexibility, but not nearly enough to cope with 6 stops overexposure.

 

[Califdan]

In the exposure triangle.....

Shutter speed: unwanted camera shake or motion blur cannot be fixed in post processing. Adding motion blur to sharp areas can be done (but not in Lightroom). You can add blur but it doesn't look like motion blur.

Aperture: blured objects due to being out of the Depth of Field for the aperture you used cannot be un-blurred in post processing. You can though go the other way and add various kinds of blur to sharp areas.

ISO: Excessive noise from a too high shutter speed can be reduced or eliminated in post processing. Noise can also be added if desired.

In all cases, RAW files have more ability to be altered than JPG's as they have more data to work with and also tend to have more dynamic range.

 

[Conrad Chavez]

What is the exact problem with the images?
Is it that they look too bright before any adjustments, or they look properly exposed but noisy?
Are they in a raw format, or a non-raw format such as JPEG?

I took a photo out the window just now with my camera set to ISO 12800 on a sunny day, and it turned out fine because the camera was in P mode so it automatically adjusted the exposure to 1/4000 sec at f/32 so nothing is clipped and it looks normal. Sure, it’s a little noisy, but nothing Lightroom Classic can’t take care of.

Should we see a sample image along with its EXIF metadata?