Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]herbert leica dnf is adobe dng, lightroom will preserve the compression as is On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Perhaps I was not clear enough in my posting. The choice of compression is > made in the camera. It is always exactly a factor of two, a fact I checked > by looking at the file sizes. I now quote the Leica instruction booklet: > "The Compressed [DNG] format includes a slight [sic] compression which > --causes only a negligible deterioration in quality > --provides full scope for subsequent procesing of the picture data > --allows faster saving'--takes up less memory space. > > Also, I do not use Abobe's standalone raw to DNG converter. I use > Lightroom, which allegedly has this built in. Will it convert Leica DNG to > Adobe DNG? > > -- > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, > for they are subtle and will pee > on your computer! > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad