Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
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At 11:28 PM +0200 4/20/03, Geir Bugge-Olsen wrote:
>Is that version 7 or will ver,6 also import RAW?
>Regards
>Geir
I'm pretty sure that it works on 6 and 7. I'm using it on 7 under
OSX, and it is a delight in comparison to Canon's software (and
probably Nikon's as well). As you import your file, you can adjust
colour balance, exposure and many other variables, and still keep the
file 16bit so you can do further adjustments in Photoshop. It makes
the whole process swift and easy.
Don, I think the Nikon uses around 10Mb per image in NEF, Nikon's raw
format. It's TIFF that uses 16Mb or so. It might be a large chunk,
but if you shoot quickly and don't want to fiddle while shooting,
this is the way to go. You can get a very fast 1Gb Lexar CF card for
about $260, and a 2Gb card for $540. This is the way to go with a
high resolution DSLR. Think of a card like this as part of the camera
cost. Then you can shoot 100-200 highest quality shots that have a
large dynamic range and allow you to extract a good shot even if
initially the exposure or colour balance was not correct.
If you want to shoot JPEG, set the colour balance to one of the
presets; daylight, overcast, tungsten, etc. These avoid the
fluctuations of which you speak.
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