Banding/pixellation
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 12:20
This sort of thing is very common with some JPG conversions, but if you're seeing it on the LCD as well, it's very strange.
Banding is also common with a partially burnt out sky - blue, cyan, white are typical, but there's no evidence of this.
What's the camera, what were the settings?
And if you can put the raw file somewhere downloadable, it would be interesting to take a look.
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Banding is also common with a partially burnt out sky - blue, cyan, white are typical, but there's no evidence of this.
What's the camera, what were the settings?
And if you can put the raw file somewhere downloadable, it would be interesting to take a look.
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Pentax K-3, DA18-135, DA35 F2.4, DA17-70, DA55-300, FA28-200, A50 F1.7, A100 F4 Macro, A400 F5.6, Sigma 10-20 EXDC, 50-500 F4.5-6.3 APO DG OS Samsung flash SEF-54PZF(x2)
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Last Edited by ChrisA on 01/06/2014 - 12:21
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 12:59
I'm using a K5, 640th sec. @ f7.1 ISO 200
Contrast highlight adjustment - minus 2
Fine sharpness adjustment - plus 2
All other adjustments as default
I'm viewing it in Fastsone image viewer
Where could I put the RAW file for downloading?
Regards,
Michael
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Contrast highlight adjustment - minus 2
Fine sharpness adjustment - plus 2
All other adjustments as default
I'm viewing it in Fastsone image viewer
Where could I put the RAW file for downloading?
Regards,
Michael
My new website:link
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 13:04
michaelblue wrote:
I'm viewing it in Faststone image viewer
I'm viewing it in Faststone image viewer
Thought as much... that has been cited as causing this sort of thing before.
See this thread, for instance.
Are you absolutely sure it's visible on the camera LCD?
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 15:51
Whatever banding you're seeing in those - I can't see it!
John K
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 16:07
michaelblue wrote:
Aha! very intersting!
I opened the image in Lightroom and....No banding!
Aha! very intersting!
I opened the image in Lightroom and....No banding!
Yes, definitely not in the DNG.
For those that can't see it, try saving it and compressing the levels together - it's a lot more obvious.
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...but I don't understand why it's visible on the camera screen
...but I don't understand why it's visible on the camera screen
Well it's not the DNG that you see. It must have all kinds of processing done to it, and if you can see it, that processing must be very lossy.
I'll post a link to the DNG later if anyone's interested, I have to go out now.
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 16:18
JAK wrote:
Whatever banding you're seeing in those - I can't see it!
Whatever banding you're seeing in those - I can't see it!
I can, grab the scroll bar and move them up and sown the screen, you'll see them go up and down.
Lurking is shirking.!
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 22:25
JAK wrote:
Whatever banding you're seeing in those - I can't see it!
Whatever banding you're seeing in those - I can't see it!
Faint in the originals, obvious if you take the images and compress the levels:
There's nothing untoward in the original DNG, apart from a couple of bits of crap on the sensor, so I think the clear culprit is Faststone, as it was in Mike-P's case.
PS I'll leave the DNG hosted for a day or two, then delete it.
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Last Edited by ChrisA on 01/06/2014 - 22:26
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 22:28
I'm sure the image on the LCD screen is an in camera JPEG, the screen can't show the RAW image.
(I could be totally wrong but sure read/heard it somewhere)
That's why you'll see it on the LCD, and not in Lightroom during RAW processing.
Get Lightroom and enjoy 😉
Cheers
Ali
ist* DS & Ricoh GR
(I could be totally wrong but sure read/heard it somewhere)
That's why you'll see it on the LCD, and not in Lightroom during RAW processing.
Get Lightroom and enjoy 😉
Cheers
Ali
ist* DS & Ricoh GR
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Posted 01/06/2014 - 22:59
alig wrote:
I'm sure the image on the LCD screen is an in camera JPEG,
I'm sure the image on the LCD screen is an in camera JPEG,
yes it'll be the preview image
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Get Lightroom and enjoy 😉
Get Lightroom and enjoy 😉
Couldn't agree more
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Posted 02/06/2014 - 08:51
I imported the DNG into CameraRaw and agree with Chris that there is no obvious sign of banding, however if you take the exposure down (-1) banding is clearly visible.
To me the image looks underexposed, so could it be a combination of underexposure and the lossy compression of the preview?
Regards - Steve
To me the image looks underexposed, so could it be a combination of underexposure and the lossy compression of the preview?
Regards - Steve
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Posted 03/06/2014 - 05:33
Thanks all for your help.
I have now got Lightroom 4 and it looks fine there.
I thought for a moment there was something wrong with the K5!
I've also delved into the 'Settings' of Faststone and changed the 'View RAW files in' setting to 'Actual size (slow)' and the banding has gone. Hopefully this will help others having this problem
Many thanks again!
Ps: I've looked it up and... yes it is a compressed jpeg we see on the camera LCD
Regards,
Michael
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I have now got Lightroom 4 and it looks fine there.
I thought for a moment there was something wrong with the K5! I've also delved into the 'Settings' of Faststone and changed the 'View RAW files in' setting to 'Actual size (slow)' and the banding has gone. Hopefully this will help others having this problem
Many thanks again!
Ps: I've looked it up and... yes it is a compressed jpeg we see on the camera LCD
Regards,
Michael
My new website:link
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Posted 03/06/2014 - 10:49
Glad you got it sorted Michael.
No stopping you now with Lightroom.
Cheers
Ali
ist* DS & Ricoh GR
No stopping you now with Lightroom.
Cheers
Ali
ist* DS & Ricoh GR
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michaelblue
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I've noticed this banding on my latest photos, zoomed in it looks like pixellation. I would expect this on a resized Jpeg but not on the original RAW file surely?
A crop from the image:
I've not noticed this before. Any help would be much appreciated
These have not had any processing except for resizing from the original RAW files. They show this banding on the canmera screen too
Regards,
Michael
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