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Subject: [Leica] Lightroom Problem
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Robert G Adler)
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 07:35:42 -0700
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There is a LR setting in preferences, I think, that says don't import jpeg. 
It's prospective, not retroactive, so you may want to try a "test2" 
catalogue. 
Sorry if I missed this, but what ver. of LR are you running?

Bob Adler

On Sep 7, 2013, at 7:25 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the suggestion Bob. I have tried that and the images show as 
> mono in the import grid. I have come to the conclusion that the jpeg which 
> acts as a preview embedded in the DNG file is in b&w and I don't know how 
> to get around that. Capture One reads the files as colour. Aperture won't 
> read them at all.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
> +44 (0)797 287 7932
> www.gwpics.com
> 
> On 7 Sep 2013, at 15:10, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Try opening a new "test" Catalogue. Import the file folder holding those 
>> files as you normally do. 
>> If OK then original catalogue has problem. If not then files have 
>> problem. 
>> If catalogue problem you can open original catalogue and test it's 
>> integrity. 
>> If file problem perhaps you converted jpgs to DNGs?
>> That's where I would start anyway...
>> Good luck,
>> Bob
>> 
>> Bob Adler
>> 
>> On Sep 7, 2013, at 6:54 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ric
>>> 
>>> Thanks for trying to help.
>>> 
>>> This is additional information I have posted on the Adobe Lightroom 
>>> Forum:
>>> 
>>> I have tried reseting and it alters nothing on the main panel, but the 
>>> very strange thing is that the thumbnail at the top of the left panel 
>>> (in Develop) reverts to colour. Something very strange is going on, and 
>>> it seems to be a pretty random collection of images affected.
>>> 
>>> All the images (as far as I can tell) are from a Panasonic GH-2 I was 
>>> using at that time, and in some cases I have 2 copies of the same image 
>>> on file (e.g. 10221.dng and 10221-2.dng) and in those cases the first is 
>>> in b&w and the second in colour.
>>> 
>>> The problem is definitely within Lightroom as the images appear in 
>>> colour in other programs. Very strange.
>>> 
>>> Gerry
>>> 
>>> Gerry Walden
>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>> www.gwpics.com
>>> 
>>> On 7 Sep 2013, at 14:11, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> shots in the dark:
>>>> 
>>>> ? did you try hitting the reset in develop module?
>>>> 
>>>> ? is it setting a profile on import?
>>>> 
>>>> ric
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:49 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I am completely baffled! I have a series of .dng files from a jazz 
>>>>> concert which show up as colour images in Finder and yet Lightroom 5 
>>>>> insists on rendering them as b&w. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> My understanding is that a .dng (i.e. raw) file cannot, by its very 
>>>>> nature, be b&w and yet I have been all through the settings in LR and 
>>>>> cannot find anything amiss except the red slider in the 'Hue' settings 
>>>>> is at +96. I have tried reseting it to ) but it does nothing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gerry Walden
>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or
>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932
>>>>> www.gwpics.com
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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