Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good timing, Mr. Deadman! - --- Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com> wrote: > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html