RAW format for Lumix S5 mark ii

[Iztok]

I bought a Lumix S5 mark iiX camera, but I have a problem with opening the raw format, so I only have to edit in jpeg, which is not enough for my professional work, when can I expect to open this format in Affinity photo?

[walt.farrell]

Have you tried the 2.4 beta? 

 

 

[Affinity-Inspiration]

What is the raw format for this camera?

[Bit Disappointed]

4 hours ago, Iztok said:

I bought a Lumix S5 mark iiX camera, but I have a problem with opening the raw format, so I only have to edit in jpeg, which is not enough for my professional work, when can I expect to open this format in Affinity photo?

I assume you are running Windows? If not you can open RAW files from that camera on macOS (or iPadOS) by using Apples RAW engine. Otherwise Serif will use a free open source RAW engine - such engines render RAW data into images, aestheticly or not - and I pay Capture One a fortune for their beautiful rendering of images.

So Serif and customers wait for this open source RAW engine - LibRAW - to be updated. It happens or doesn't happen depending on what happens in the open source project, and that's a business risk for Serif, but especially for you and me. Therefore, I only use professional programs for RAW processing. Even there, one must wait a bit for RAW support, but I have never waited that long. And then, the image quality is better there in all parameters, including that these programs have camera profiles to recreate a reasonably accurate copy of the Panasonic color rendering you see in your JPG pictures. Each camera brand has a bit of their own color philosophy. An obvious opportunity for tribal warriors to debate which brand has the best skin tones: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus, or Lumix.

By the way, you should not underestimate the quality of JPG images in max quality from cameras. I was too focused on RAW for years, I save everything in RAW as well, but can easily use JPG professionally for many things, but I know studio photographers are more dependent on concrete values for batch conversions - white balance and what not.

I found some RAW samples here:

https://www.dpreview.com/samples/0254758406/panasonic-lumix-s5-ii-x-sample-gallery

[Bit Disappointed]

1 hour ago, Bit Disappointed said:

g. And then, the image quality is better there in all parameters, including that these programs have camera profiles to recreate a reasonably accurate copy of the Panasonic color rendering you see in your JPG pictures. Each camera brand has a bit of their own color philosophy. An obvious opportunity for tribal warriors to debate which brand has the best skin tones: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Olympus, or Lumix.

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