Preview images blurry / soft with Canon R6

[melaniemonroe]

I recently got a Canon R6 (previous camera was a Canon 5div).  I and several of my photographer friends have noticed that the preview images are quite soft in photomechanic.  This makes it difficult to cull effectively.  This did not happen with our 5D cameras.
Is there something that can be done to make photomechanic work as well for the R6 as it did for the 5D?

[Kirk Baker]

Melanie,

I recently got a Canon R6 (previous camera was a Canon 5div).  I and several of my photographer friends have noticed that the preview images are quite soft in photomechanic.  This makes it difficult to cull effectively.  This did not happen with our 5D cameras.
Is there something that can be done to make photomechanic work as well for the R6 as it did for the 5D?

Photo Mechanic is showing the preview embedded in the image file.  Does this only happen with RAW (CR3) files or does it also happen with non-RAW files (JPEG)?

If it only happens for RAW files, check the settings on your camera and see if you can control the size/quality of the previews.  If the preview is of low resolution, it will appear soft when enlarged.

-Kirk

[Gmurczyk]

Recently I used to have the same problem with my Nikon Z6II camera. It occures that problem happend when I convert Raw file to DNG in Adobe DNG Converter (ADC). There is setting for size of JPEG embedded in RAW/DNG file in ADC. For sure you can change size of embedded preview in your camera or in ADC if you convertign files.