[Digikam-users] Dark Images for 16-bit raw and reconstructed highlights

[Gilles Caulier]

This is a technical question for libraw athor. I CC him (:=)))

Paul please, you forget to mention which camera raw file you use...

Gilles Caulier

2009/5/6 Paul Waldo <paul at waldoware.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have been trying to figure out why my 16-bit raw image conversions are
> going dark on me: if I use "Highlights: Solid White", I get a decent image.
>  If I use "Highlights: Reconstruct", the image is significantly darker and
> the details are not as sharp.
>
> I have looked at the dcraw man page, Digikam documentation and the Oracle of
> Google, but I can't find any mention of why highlights would cause an image
> to be dark.  If this is documented somewhere, please help me with a link.
> How do you process raw files where you want to rebuild the highlights?  Any
> help would be appreciated!
>
> Paul
>
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