Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eh? This is an Adobe bug, nothing to do with your OS. Installing a 64 bit OS and CS4 and LR2 64 bit does has implications though (locations for profiles for one, compatibility for aftermarket plug-ins for another). Stan, the latest version of the Camera Raw plug-in that will work with CS2 is 3.7. The DNG format is supported all the way back to CS since Adobe invented it of course. Camera Raw 2.4 and later supports M8 and M9 DNGs (and other DNG native cameras). Naturally there were no specific profiles for the M9 before September last year, but the files will open fine in versions prior to the introduction of M9 specific profiles. It is the specific profile support that is one of the benefits of the later versions (and my reason to suggest 5.4 and later). Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 12 March 2010 07:45, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote: > Geoff must be working for Microsoft. > > :-P > > Since the symptom of the problem is that the program crashes, it's easy > enough to work that way. If it crashes, then you have a problem :-) > > (Yes I work in software :-) ) > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > You didn't answer the question... > > :-p > > Bob Adler > > Palo Alto, CA > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 12:55:24 PM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 DNGs and Adobe > > > > Yes the bug is only in LR 2.6 and ACR 5.6. Although M9 users are a very > > small group compared to say Canon or Nikon Adobe customers, enough people > > reported the problem so that the fix is underway. The Adobe user forums > > contain the discussions (You can join free). The problem is known and > > acknowledged by Adobe there. Some of their senior people participate in > > those forums, which is to their credit as a company. They apologised and > > explained and have promised a further fix. > > > > Using the LR2.6 Release Candidate (the old beta) did work when they > > initially made it available again since it did not have the later > > alterations to improve M9 rendition. Then they made the LR2.6.1 version > > available for M9 users. Non-M9 people should not install it because of > the > > version mismatch complication. If you are using LR2.5 you should use at > > least 5.4 for best compatibility. Don't forget the excellent LR3 beta. > > > > Ed, the bug is apparently triggered by particular tonal value > combinations > > (RGB numbers)! which is why you only see it sometimes. The bug was always > > there in Camera Raw 5.6 but not reported by users at the same time. I > guess > > it was because M9 users got the free download of LR and maybe those were > > new > > Adobe customers? > > > > Sorry about more acronyms, uncle Rabs, however I hope that they are clear > > within the context. > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > On 12 March 2010 01:19, Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I noticed this issue when you had me upgrade LR to 2.6.1 Geoff. :-) > > > I still use LR Camera Raw, but when going to edit in CS4, I "Let > > Lightroom > > > Do Rendering". Any problem with this approach? > > > Best, > > > Bob > > > Bob Adler > > > Palo Alto, CA > > > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> > > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > > Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 5:38:58 AM > > > Subject: [Leica] M9 DNGs and Adobe > > > > > > For anyone interested: > > > M9 users found that some DNG files caused crashes in Photoshop CS4 and > > > Lightroom 2.6 (a particular RGB number combination). Adobe found a bug > > > introduced when late changes were made to the Raw processing engine to > > > improve rendition of M9 files. The current fix for LR2.6 users is to > > > download and use LR2.6.1. The only change is the elimination of that > bug > > > and > > > it is only relevant for M9 users. The problem does not occur with the > LR3 > > > beta (which also has significantly better rendition, noise reduction > and > > > sharpening powers). > > > > > > I have recently done a complete new clean install on a new sytem (64 > bit, > > > Yeah!) and am only just catching up. I have found that the bug exists > in > > > Adobe Camera Raw 5.6 as well, however there is no ACR5.6.1 available > > > currently. Adobe has acknowledged the issue with both LR and ACR and > > > reports > > > that a fix will be available shortly. In the meantime I need to stay > out > > of > > > Adobe Camera Raw with M9 files and as a minor issue, trying to edit a > DNG > > > in > > > Photoshop (from LR) reports the mismatch in versions as well, once you > > > install the LR2.6.1 although the cure is not yet here. I don't have the > > > LR2.6RC (release candidate) any longer. It did not exhibit the crashing > > > behaviour but I don't know if version matching was an issue there. > > > > > > Personally I am looking forward to the release of LR3 and I hope a > cheap > > > upgrade. Mant M9 owners tht already own LR are waiting to find out if > > they > > > will be able to use their entitlement to download LR to receive LR3. We > > > shall see. > > > Incidentally, the X1 already has a standard profile (usable in both > > > applications of course) although the S2 does not. Neither X1 DNG files > > nor > > > those from the S2 provoke the bug. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Geoff > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/> blog: < > http://imagecraft.wordpress.com> > // portfolio: < > http://www.dragonsgate.net/pub/richard/PICS/AnotherCalifornia > > > // mailing lists: <http://www.imagecraft.com/contact.html> > [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all previous > replies in your msgs. ] > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >