Can anyone tell me what causes this?

[Ezzie]

Never ever saw anything resembling that on my, now Adam's R-D1. However I used Apple RAW (Aperture) or Epson RAW. The latter was in fact the better of the two. Rather antiquated user GUI, but works very well with the R-D1 RAW files. I can also add that I usually underexposed in extremely contrasty conditions to avoid clipping the highlights (too much).

 

[Keith]

That link looks messed up..here's another

It's all good .... I managed to find the correct link by going to the cameraquest site and searching the RD-1 resource pages earlier.

You're right about Epson Raw ... it does stunning black and white conversions! Then just output them to ACDSee Pro as tifs for final twiddling and conversion to jpeg.

I love this camera ... I was prowling around the gallery last night snapping the various patrons who were still there cleaning up the remaining cheese and wine! 😀 It's very subtle after having had the D700 banging away at them all evening ... they barely noticed me! 😛

 

[Keith]

Never ever saw anything resembling that on my, now Adam's R-D1. However I used Apple RAW (Aperture) or Epson RAW. The latter was in fact the better of the two. Rather antiquated user GUI, but works very well with the R-D1 RAW files. I can also add that I usually underexposed in extremely contrasty conditions to avoid clipping the highlights (too much).

Yes, even after doing the black and white conversions in Epson Raw I noticed that it's very easy to go beyond the sensor's capabilities ... as you say in these conditions the rule of thumb should be under exposure to avoid blowing highlights. 🙂

 

[Keith]

This image was run through Epson Raw and the only thing added was the black and white film simulation before exporting as a tif to ACDSee where I resized it and converted it to jpeg .... no other post processing whatsoever.

They're right about Epson Raw's black and white conversions! 😱

 

[jarski]

∧ cool shot Keith!

ive gotten recommendations to stick with lightroom 3, not to upgrade to 4. ...

sry OT, but am planning buy 3 instead of 4. is it possible to use latest developments of Adobe RAW, without using latest Lightroom? similarly than upgrading only ACR and not touch Photoshop?

 

[Ezzie]

Agreed Keith, They can really shine. This one is no exception. Very nice, lovely tones and contrast, smooth gradation too.

 

[willie_901]

That is a great B&W rendering... Very nice indeed.

 

[umcelinho]

I've shot a few concerts using my R-D1 and got pretty good results always at -1 or -2 EV. I've already had some pretty overexposed shots, but never had seen something like it happens in Keith's photos.. then again I always use LR3 to develop my RAW files, could be a conversion issue too.

 

[back alley]

i use pse...simple and easy...

 

[gilpen123]

LR is the best IMO to process raw files from RD1, then export to any software you may have for further tweaking.

 

[aldobonnard]

Hi Keith
That happened to me once, about three years ago, using the R-D1 at 1600ISO and Summarit 50/1.5. It was in a night-club, with coloured lights and massively underexposed for I trusted the sensor, fooled with the high contrasts and light beams all over the place. That did not show on the jpeg's, but appeared with the Epson Raw engine trying to bring back some exposure.
Never happened since, as now I manually meter the exposure.