The rendering of Nikon z6ii NEF in On1 Photo RAW 2023 (Mac and Windows) is soft and lacking colour, effecting all exports in On1 from NEF.

Philip Wilkinson

• December 22, 2022 12:18

Hi,

When comapring an image from my new Nikon Z6ii (1.5 firmware, 14bit RAW) in On1 Photo RAW 2023
..with Nikon NX Studio
I can see differences in the quality between the two applications.

In both the attached application screenshots the
1st, leftmost image, is the exported jpeg (100% quality) from On1
   -  looks soft and lacking colour (blue) in On1 and NX.  
   - also note the colour histogram showing what looks like a cutoff at around 245, this is not present on the others.
2nd, middle image, is the in camera jpeg
   - This look fine in both apps.
3rd, rightmost in On1, bottom in NX, is the NEF file
   - looks soft and lacking colour (blue) in On1, looks good in NX.

To summarise, the rendering of the NEF in On1 is soft and lacking colour and this effects all the exports from the NEF (not just jpeg)

I've raised a support issue with On1 but havent heard back from anybody yet.

I can reporoduce this on both Windows 11 and Mac 13.0.

I hoping that this will be acknowledged as a bug and fixed in a future patch release.

Regards, Phil.

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  Timothy DelSol

  • September 30, 2023 20:50

  I agree, and I don't have discerning eye.  I've been using ON1 since 2017, the RAW codec in ON1 has been noticeable lower quality compared to Nikon NX studio.  I don't even have to have side by side to see the difference.  I think the AI correction they added a few years ago is even worst.  

  What I do to get around this issue, I NX Studio as my primary for RAW processing, then ON1 just for the NX Studio jpeg output for filters and things NX Studio can't do.

  I wish ON1 was able to use the Nikon RAW codec.  ☹️

  Regard, Tim

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