Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got the Adobe plugin and while it's substantially better than the Canon and Nikon software it isn't a patch on the Capture One software (www.phaseone.com). The lite version of Capture One is the same price as the Adobe software (since about two days ago) and a steal. 1Ds users like me still have to fork out about $500. However the demo version works for 30 days and will help you decide (be warned, it's so good you will want to buy it). My 1Ds files are ~10Mb in RAW format and I burn through microdrives. I shot 500 images on Friday and 300 today. I have 3 1Gb microdrives and I have to continually dump off onto a digital wallet (30 Gb) as I'm shooting. As soon as I can afford a couple of 2 Gb cards I'm there. I second Henning's recommendation to shoot jpegs with a preset white balance, or to do a custom white balance before you start shooting and stick to it. Expose digital images like chromes and you won't go far wrong. You can pull a lot of shadow detail out of a digital image which appears under-exposed, especially with the RAW converter, but there is not much to save from an image with blown highlights, although a RAW converter will help a bit. On Sunday, April 20, 2003, at 08:40 PM, Henning Wulff 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 > > - -- John Brownlow pictures: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com warblog: http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html