Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/08

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Subject: [Leica] RAW archiving
From: dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Sat Dec 8 23:26:47 2007
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On Dec 9, 2007 4:24 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whyconvert to DNG? Keep the RAW files and a couple of copies of the
> converter software of choice backed up in removable hard drives.. I presume
> that Nikon and Canon will at least survive as long as Adobe - I also trust
> them far more than I trust Adobe in all this.

Good question (why convert to DNG).

I have been using LightRoom for months and have always converted my
Nikon NEF files to DNG when I import them. No problems.

On this last trip I didn't want to do that (I don't really trust DNG
files). So I imported NEF files without converting them.

I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but I can no longer
start LightRoom. It just freezes on me, uses 50% of the CPU and goes
into a "Not Responding" state.

I've upgraded from 1.3 to 1.3.1, I've re-installed using the "repair"
option. Nothing helps. Lightroom on my laptop is stone deaf (not dead,
it's using 50% of my resources, but it is not responding). (Yes, I've
rebooted too).

I'm looking at LightZone now: http://www.lightcrafts.com

It doesn't look like Lightroom went through an Alpha or Beta phase.
Adobe probably just dumped it on the market out of greed.

Daniel

Replies: Reply from Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie) ([Leica] RAW archiving)
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