Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Recently read of a RAW file convertor/processor (Capture One Limited Edition) that's apparently pretty good. If you want to read a review of this new product: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/c1-le.shtml I have no affilation with it at all or with the reviewer. Just saw it in passing (either way too much time on my hands or desparate to avoid doing real work :-) ). Bob Adler Palo Alto, CA - --- Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html