Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As a person who would like to use Capture One more, I was very disappointed to find today that .dng files made with Adobe etc. software are not readable by Capture One. One day they will get their act together at phase One and produce software that you can actually use for everything. Gerry Gerry Walden LRPS +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) Web: www.gwpics.com Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com On 4 Jun 2010, at 21:22, Tina Manley wrote: > There are other advantages to running the Leica DNG files through Adobe's > DNG conversion software. When you are using a cataloging software like > Expression Media, the thumbnail is taken from the DNG file. Leica's is too > small to be usable. With Adobe you can choose to save a larger thumbnail > in > the DNG. The Adobe DNG is still smaller than the Leica one and there is no > loss. > > Tina > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at > earthlink.net>wrote: > >> There are truly lossless compression algorithms. And maybe compressed DNG >> uses one of them.... but then the amount of compression is never fixed... >> it >> varies by data. So compressed, lossless, fixed compression ratio, >> algorithms are not known to me... not that I know that much about the >> subject....... >> >> Maybe compressed DNG is lossless, maybe not.......after all, if you >> compress >> something, the deleted bits came from somewhere..... >> >> Why mess with it when memory cards are so small and so cheap? >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> red735i at earthlink.net >> >> Just received my M9 two days ago. Have been and intend to continue >> shooting DNG (raw) and doing all adjustments, even if it's only a >> preset, in Lightroom. Was surprised to see the option of DNG >> Compressed, a factor of two compression. In practice, does this cause >> significant deterioration, and under what circumstances? >> -- >> Herbert Kanner >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information