Real problems with RAW photos

[Marvzl1357]

Hey guys,

Down in Aus we had a Lunar eclipse about an hour ago, so naturally I went and tried to take some photos. 

Now that I'm back I realised that all the photos I took are in RAW format (.ARW to be precise, sony nex-5) and when I go to view them in picassa and able rawer, it loads the embedded jpeg preview just fine, but then one of two things happens, it immediately switches to a terrible magenta hue over the whole photo, or it just goes incredibly white/washed out. 

This problem remains as I go to convert it to png/jpeg *using xnconverter. Any people know how to help?

Thanks a lot

Edit: I did search around a bit and someone's come across the same problem. People are attributing it down to data corruption... Hopefully not the case...

 

When converting the full raw:

 

 

When extracting just the raw's embedded thumbnail

[vengeancek70]

Apparently there is something wrong with picasa raw conversion, just use an other program.

source: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/picasa/0zSBegCWlno

[Lavachyste]

Use Lightroom or any photo software that takz your RAW format in. And convert them.

[Marvzl1357]

Apparently there is something wrong with picasa raw conversion, just use an other program.

source: https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/picasa/0zSBegCWlno

Oh right, I forgot to mention that the images were converted from arw to png using xnconverter (coz it's free)

[Marvzl1357]

Use Lightroom or any photo software that takz your RAW format in. And convert them.

I'm using ablerawer to view the image, but I haven't tried its converter counterpart. (able batch converter) buuuuuuut....the download page is blocked at school...yay... Can't download through a proxy either...yay...

[vengeancek70]

I'm using ablerawer to view the image, but I haven't tried its converter counterpart. (able batch converter) buuuuuuut....the download page is blocked at school...yay... Can't download through a proxy either...yay...

Maybe you're able to download this one: http://www.easy2convert.com/raw2jpg/

[Toddwjp]

I'm using ablerawer to view the image, but I haven't tried its converter counterpart. (able batch converter) buuuuuuut....the download page is blocked at school...yay... Can't download through a proxy either...yay...D

 

Does light room have an export feauture if so use that

[Marvzl1357]

Maybe you're able to download this one: http://www.easy2convert.com/raw2jpg/

Thanks I'll give that a go.

 

Does light room have an export feauture if so use that

I believe it should. I'll download the trial version to see if it has it. 

[ZacDaMan72]

Thanks I'll give that a go.

I believe it should. I'll download the trial version to see if it has it.

It does.

[TheGrapeEscape]

Hey guys,

Down in Aus we had a Lunar eclipse about an hour ago, so naturally I went and tried to take some photos. 

Now that I'm back I realised that all the photos I took are in RAW format (.ARW to be precise, sony nex-5) and when I go to view them in picassa and able rawer, it loads the embedded jpeg preview just fine, but then one of two things happens, it immediately switches to a terrible magenta hue over the whole photo, or it just goes incredibly white/washed out. 

This problem remains as I go to convert it to png/jpeg *using xnconverter. Any people know how to help?

Thanks a lot

Edit: I did search around a bit and someone's come across the same problem. People are attributing it down to data corruption... Hopefully not the case...

 

When converting the full raw:

 

 

When extracting just the raw's embedded thumbnail

 

 

Yep, it's definitely your RAW converter not being able to handle the RAW file right http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread26750.htm

 

Recommendations are to try out another raw converter. Raw Therapee is free and should do the job right http://rawtherapee.com/blog/features

[Herr_Scharfi]

Yep, it's definitely your RAW converter not being able to handle the RAW file right http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/forums/thread26750.htm

 

Recommendations are to try out another raw converter. Raw Therapee is free and should do the job right http://rawtherapee.com/blog/features

Yes i can recommend Rawtherapee too , i used this software alot its easy to use and it works fine