[Leica] Hello, to M8 users, can you tell me what your workflow is, for DNG?

[mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)]

I use Photoshop. And the Photoshop raw plug in.
I could convert my NEF's to DNG's if I new why.
At had to do it at one point when I first got my D40x and it was a pain and
took some real time.
Photoshop is going to continue to open NEF's.
Photoshop is not going to stop opening the five trillion NEF's which are
shot every three months. I don't care about Nikon software nor have a heard
of any photographer using it. Photographers use Photoshop.
I see from Tina just now its not strictly a file type but has a few
properties with others might not have; I just Googled it a few hours ago and
a guy did a breakdown between DNG's and NEFS and their isn't even any file
size savings. As if that an issue with 1T hard drives going for $111.11

I'm going to stay with my tissues verses blow nose metaphore.
We are talking bout blowing noses not a brand of tissues.
I have a good nose for what the issue is.

This issue is not tissue.
It's not.


Mark William Rabiner



> From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 10:05:43 +1000
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Hello, to M8 users, can you tell me what your workflow
> is, for DNG?
> 
> Mark a DNG  is simply one form of Raw file. It has particular advantages.
> You can also convert other Raw formats to the DNG format which has other
> advantages.
> The M8 of course produces DNG files which is why the responses referred to
> DNG rather than Raw in general. However the workflow is valid for other
> formats.
> In the case of your Nikon NEF Raw files you may choose to convert them to
> DNG if you wish. Adobe provide a free tool to do that. You can also include
> the original NEF file within the new version if desired.
> The Adobe software needs to make an intelligent estimate of the white
> balance information from your NEF, since Nikon chooses to encrypt that
> information.
>  Nikon's Raw convertor software cannot read DNG files, only its own
> proprietary format. Lightroom  and Adobe Camera Raw support hundreds of Raw
> formats, including DNGs.
> Raw is processed to produce a viewable file but you are essentially not
> losing any of the original information, except that different forms of
> compression may be applied within the camera. However the
> optional compression of DNG files by Adobe's software (after importing from
> your camera) is  lossless.
> For you, I recommend a very fine book explaining Raw processing. Real world
> Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4 by Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe.  It is
> made of paper and can fit in the back of any of your camera bags.
>