X100 RAW processed

[dazedgonebye]

I'm left underwhelmed by all the images coming X100 thus far. I also feel the metering overexposes by at least .3 and even .7 stop.

That's awesome. I've been taking pictures longer than you've been alive and I still can only manage "eh, a bit over exposed." 😱

Where do you get your eyeballs calibrated. Maybe it's not too late for me. 😀

 

[jto555]

Adobe has updated ACR and the update now includes support for the X100. : D

 

[LincolnLogs]

Unimpressed?

Unimpressed?

We've all been waiting to see what the X100 can do in RAW, but have been unable to open the samples in any programs.


In this thread, http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1020&thread=37858823, a special patched version of a RAW converter was used to convert the RAWs to PNG.

I downloaded those PNGs, and converted them to TIFF in iPhoto. Then used Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS4 to process the TIFF like any RAW file -- denoise, sharpening, adjusting exposure, color, contrast, etc.

For those worried that the X100 produces soft, flat images -- rest assured -- the RAWs can deliver the goods.

Here is a link to download the "before" (unprocessed TIFF) http://db.tt/uM3tnCm and the "after" (post-processed TIFF) http://db.tt/dvXlxHS

For those who don't want to download 60 MB of TIFFs, here's a SmugMug gallery with "before" and "after" post-processing JPGs and 100% crops. http://thebrandons.smugmug.com/Other/Samples-for-forums/16033956_UayYD#1203198900_bYuCD

I guess I need glasses. I downloaded both the 'before' and 'after' versions and was completely blown away by the resolution, color and naturalness of the image. A drum scan of my best Contax G2 images, cannot come close to this. This could be the digital G2 I have been looking for. i was also impressed at ebrandon's careful post processing. Gosh, if this ain't good, I better put my camera in the closet and find some other things to do with my life. From what I see, the x100 delivers the goods and can't wait until B&H has them for stateside folks. Unfortunately, there are a lot of excited folks plastering the net with 'snaps' from their new 'toy', but I can see that it is a worthy tool in the right hands. Thanks for posting the large tiff's, large files are very revealing.

Lincoln