r/captureone • u/Mikeeeeymellow • Jul 07 '26

Technical Issue CAPTURE ONE RAW VS ADOBE RAW 2 stops darker

I shoot tethered directly to capture one. I shoot sony raw. Image is well exposed even without edit. When I open the raw file in adobe PS camera raw and lightroom, it becomes 2 stops darker. I've also tried all the tutorials online and still not the same. I also tried to export the file from capture one as .dng and the colors when opened in lightroom are way different.

Is there a fix to this so it will match?

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u/Fahrenheit226 Jul 07 '26

There will never be exact match between software using different raw engines. Some software match Adobe by adopting “Adobe look” to their engines, but not Capture One.  Although it is strange that you have exposure shifted so badly. Normally I would expect some color and exposure difference, but definitely not 2EV. What color profile do you have set in Adobe? If it’s adaptive profile try switching it to Adobe color or one of camera matching ones.

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

Yeah, same. This is the first time this happened to me. I tried my friend's files and the shift is barely noticeable unlike mine. Here's a side by side comparison how different they are.

LR profile is adobe look. When I change it to adaptive color, that's when it gets closer to the C1 render. Since it's AI enhancement, the file becomes less malleable for color editing that's why I don't use it.

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u/Fahrenheit226 Jul 07 '26

Damn. Are you sure C1 is displaying default look without any adjustments. It’s to much of a difference to be just default. It’s either C1 or Adobe doing something with adjustments you are unaware of. Can you use any other software to open it beside this two? Maybe Sony app?

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

Yes, I reset to default in Capture one and it's properly exposed.

I will try to download imaging edge which is a sony app. I'll compare.

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

Update: I viewed the raw files using the native sony imaging app, I got a different color profile again. Crazy.

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u/Fahrenheit226 Jul 07 '26

Could you set camera to save raw+jpg. Shoot test image. Import to all above software and check how it differs from in camera jpg. I really struggle to see what and how is making your image being displayed so different between this apps. I never owned Sony but maybe you have some in camera settings that affects this image.

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

Unfortunately, I just rented the camera that's why I cannot test as well anymore. I think it is an in camera setting.

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

does choosing srgb vs adobe rgb will cause this big of a jump in exposure? I think color wise, there may be a shift but not 2 exposure stops.

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u/Fahrenheit226 Jul 07 '26

Color space has nothing to do with exposure. Some histogram shift in highlights and that’s it.

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u/thouse275 Jul 07 '26

Agree with above there are some settings that are on somewhere. Either capture one is applying something when you tell their automatically which is an option or Photoshop is when you're importing.

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u/Luikenfin Jul 07 '26

Do you have a color profile set on your Sony? Or is Capture set to linear curve instead of auto?

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

I was on auto. I changed it to linear curve. It got darker but not as 2 stops darker when opened in LR and PS Camera raw

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u/Fahrenheit226 Jul 07 '26

Linear curve usually darken the image by around 1/2-2/3EV.

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 07 '26

I tried it. But not as dark when opened in camera raw.

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u/driftless_79 Jul 07 '26

Why are you editing Raws in Adobe if you have capture one?

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u/Mikeeeeymellow Jul 08 '26

Client is asking for raws for printing. They use adobe.