New Lieca owner odd image problem

[Tazio722]

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Hello everyone i am new to lieca , have been a dedicated nikon user , however purchased a D-Lux 5 , and what a fantastic little camera, great build quality and design "think i may be getting the lieca bug" anyway the problem i have is that the images in jpg straight out of the camera are so good , wonderful colours and very sharp , but i am really strugglering to get the best out of the raw files i am unable to get anywhere close to the jpg quality from the camera, is the in camera processing doing something that i am unable to replicate in the raw file ? . my previous software was nikon NX which maintains the in camera settings as a starting point for the raw conversion , so i am not that familer with lightroom although i have spent alot of time on it since the purchase of the D-Lux, can anyone help?.

Thanks James

[Jase]

Well you may be getting the Panasonic bug. In-camera jpeg creation normally relies on a lot of sharpening and over-saturation to give the images punch. Try raising the image vibrance setting in Lightroom and increasing the sharpening and see how it compares.

[Mike Rawcs]

Hi James, here's a link that shows correct sharpening when using Lightroom

 

Sharpening in Adobe Lightroom 3 - Photo Tips @ Earthbound Light

 

Adobe have lots of online tutorials so it's worth looking at those too. You make virtual copies of a photograph in Lightroom and try various permutations of adjustments until you get the look that you want. Enjoy your D-Lux 5!

 

Mike.