Nikon d90 and NEF files in LR 2.2

[kkota]

I am new to this forum and not sure if I posted to the riht place, so I apologize if so. But, I am having problems with my NEF files from my Nikon d9' and importing them into LR 2.2. On my camera they look great. When I import them, they are very dark. After playing around with them some to brighten them up, they just don't look like I would hope they would....it is hard to explain as I am not very technical with LR, but the pictures seem to lose detail after working with them. Can someone let me know if I am suppossed to set something in the camera or LR? I have just started to use NEF files after using jpegs for so long and I am very confused and disappointed that this is occurring. Thank you for any help you could offer.

 

[rhynetc]

Check out the camera profiles - this probably will help.

Go to the develop module, right panel, all the way to the bottom. You should be able to set camera profiles which somewhat match those in your D9'.

 

[Brad Snyder]

And read this, Lr ruined my picture!

BTW, Welcome to the Forums...

 

[Kiwigeoff]

Check out the camera profiles - this probably will help.

Go to the develop module, right panel, all the way to the bottom. You should be able to set camera profiles which somewhat match those in your D9'.

They are found in the Camera Calibration panel.

 

[sebontheweb]

(Sorry for my bad english.)

Same Problem here and camera profile or camera calibration is not the point to solve the problem.

The first time I installed Lightroom 2.2 on my PC at home, all my NEF files (from a Nikon D9') looked something good and I could make some very easy improvements on them. For other reason, I had to reinstall my OS (Windows XP SP3 with all up-to-date drivers) and just after I reinstalled Lightroom 2.2.

For now, when I try to open my NEF files, it is impossible to have something good with the pictures (all dark, saturated with bad color balancing). And the problem is the same with other softwares that can open my NEF files (like NXview).

I have tested on an another PC at work under Windows XP SP3 with Lightroom 2.2 installed and no problem here.

To conclude, I think there is something wrong with my fresh install of Windows XP SP3 and drivers. The main differences between before and after are :
- Nvidia drivers updated from 178.xx to 18'.xx;
- Not the same version of DirectX (not sure);
- Not all Post-SP3 Hotfixes were installed (not sure).

Not sure the problem is here, but it seems this is not a Lightroom problem. I will go on my investigations next week-end.

 

[Brad Snyder]

Look for display profile problems.

In Control Panel > Display > Settings > Advanced > Color Management,

try substituting a generic sRGB profile for the nVidia/Microsoft supplied profile. If this helps, you'll need to find the correct nVidia display profile, or make arrangements to calibrate your display(s).

 

[sebontheweb]

Thanks a lot Brad !

The Color Management was the point to solve the problem. The profile was SM225MW (for the SyncMaster 225MW, my flat panel monitor) and I changed it for AdobeRGB1998. All is perfect now !

I think we can change the thread title to mark it as [Resolved].

(Sorry again for my bad english. I need to practice more ).

 

[DonRicklin]

Thanks a lot Brad !

The Color Management was the point to solve the problem. The profile was SM225MW (for the SyncMaster 225MW, my flat panel monitor) and I changed it for AdobeRGB1998. All is perfect now !

I think we can change the thread title to mark it as [Resolved].

(Sorry again for my bad english. I need to practice more ).

Only temporarily resolved. You now need to properly calibrate your monitor, either with a hardware calibrator or by software calibration.

Don

 

[Victoria Bampton]

In the meantime, you're probably better off using sRGB as your temporary monitor profile, rather than AdobeRGB.

 

[sebontheweb]

I agree with you.

It's not perfect because I have not calibrate my monitor but, at least, I can work with the NEF files. That was impossible before I changed the profile in the color management.

I am just an amateur photographer and I have no hardware to calibrate the monitor (and I think this will cost a lot). I am going to look on the net to find more informations about calibration and color management. Perhaps the software will be a good way.

@Victoria: Tanks! I will looking at the sRGB as a temporary monitor profile.

 

[Denis Pagé]

I am going to look on the net to find more informations about calibration and color management. Perhaps the software will be a good way.

@Victoria: Tanks! I will looking at the sRGB as a temporary monitor profile.

If on a budget, doing a calibration by software will be better than staying with that temporary profile...