Seeking to reduce the post‑processing time for my images, I ran a small experiment and hope you can help me understand it.
I captured a fairly ordinary image with my A7IV in RAW + JPEG (Default Standard profile). I converted the RAW file to JPEG using two different applications (Capture One and Apple Preview) and then compared the results to the JPEG produced directly by the A7IV. Here’s what I get:
What I don’t understand is why there is such a difference (the SOOC JPEG looks very dull and poorly representative of reality, whereas the RAW‑derived JPEGs are much closer). I know each program applies its own conversion, but why such a discrepancy? Is it possible to make the SOOC JPEG closer to the RAW conversion (any recipes)?
Jan 01, 2026 at 07:53 AM
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