Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, I felt the same way about RAW files until I purchased an Oly E-510 a few months ago. After reading the comments of M8 owners, I decided to give RAW a trial run, and I find that the resulting images, to my eyes, are much better. Don't rule it out. Your next camera purchase might enable you to evaluate the difference. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Filippone" <red735i@earthlink.net> To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 10:49 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Is Lightroom 2.0 Really Shipping? > PS.. I do not have RAW files. I do not have a camera capable of making > RAW > files. No justification that I can see..... for my needs. > > And NO to purchasing 2 programs... remember, some of us are amateurs and > can > not write off $1,000 of SW...... > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net > > > You guys don't get it! It's not either/or. It's Lightroom AND > PSCS3. I couldn't do without either of them. LR is not just about > processing hundreds of files. It's a non-destructive way of working > on RAW files and saving the RAW files with adjustments until you are > ready to export them for a particular use. Then you can open them in > PSCS3 and do your final sharpening and adjusting with layers or > whatever for that one use. Your original RAW file is never touched. > > Lightroom was made to work WITH Photoshop. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >