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by jimoe
Wed Jul 10, 2013 6:42 am
Forum: NConvert
Topic: Conversion from RAW to TIFF, PNG, or JPEG is darker
Replies: 3
Views: 1794

Re: Conversion from RAW to TIFF, PNG, or JPEG is darker

I tried using "-icc_in" with the d700 profile available from the site you referenced. All it seemed to do was excessively increase the color saturation without any brightness benefit.

The "-icc" option made no difference.
by jimoe
Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:12 pm
Forum: NConvert
Topic: Conversion from RAW to TIFF, PNG, or JPEG is darker
Replies: 3
Views: 1794

Conversion from RAW to TIFF, PNG, or JPEG is darker

nikon d700
nconvert 6.17

Using the command line
nconvert -high_res -raw_autobalance -raw_camerabalance -raw_autobright -out jpeg -o ../%.jpg *.nef
produces output that is noticeably darker than the original NEF image. Looking at the histograms confirms this since the overall curves are the same ...
by jimoe
Tue Jul 09, 2013 7:49 pm
Forum: NConvert
Topic: Why is "-high_res" needed for RAW?
Replies: 3
Views: 106907

Why is "-high_res" needed for RAW?

Nikon d700
nconvert 6.17

When converting Nikon's NEF (raw) format to TIFF or JPEG, the "-high_res" option is required to get the full image size of 4284x2844. The default is 1/2 of those dimensions.

Why is that option required?
Why would NConvert choose the half size by default?