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Subject: [Leica] DNG/Lightroom Question
From: gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:22:21 +0000
References: <CB315E73.B4E8%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

I had forgotten that you can upgrade the camera calibration profile in LR, 
and I notice in the new LR4 Beta there is now a 2012 profile, which seems to 
answer my question. Thanks Chris!

Gerry

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On 10 Jan 2012, at 08:19, Chris Crawford wrote:

> Don't know about Lightroom, but in Photoshop CS5, the raw converter allows
> you to choose between the 2010 profile or the 2003 profile! So you could
> still open stuff with the old profile system in later versions of
> Photoshop.
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> On 1/10/12 2:35 AM, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Richard
>> 
>> That is my point. They upgrade to a new 2010 profile, but if a .dng
>> conversion was done way back then there a similar upgrade to a new .dng
>> version or is it stuck at the old level/values?
>> 
>> Gerry
>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> On 10 Jan 2012, at 07:32, Richard Man wrote:
>> 
>>> The preset may be different, and may be it's set up to be (for example)
>>> more contrast to begin.
>>> 
>>> "Camera Calibration" would also definitely make a difference. The latest
>>> "2010" Process probably looks better than the "2003" Process, and the
>>> "Adobe Standard" profile is probably better than the "Embedded" profile.
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Possibly (hopefully) they are Richard, but I think that Adobe improves
>>>> the
>>>> 'translation' of native RAW files as time goes on. Maybe I am wrong,
>>>> and
>>>> someone will put me right on this.
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry
>>>> 
>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 Jan 2012, at 07:08, Richard Man wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> You sure it's not just that your skills are better now than in 2006?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I am working on older images (2006) in Lightroom, and I am finding
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> they are a lot better than when I worked on them back then. They are
>>>> .raf
>>>>>> files from a Fuji S2, and I think they have been improved as Adobe
>>>>>> has
>>>>>> updated the way it reads the files.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now for the question - if files are converted to .dng files is that
>>>>>> conversion then 'set in stone' or is the conversion updated as Adobe
>>>>>> improves its translation of the files?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks, as I am sure someone here knows the answer.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gerry
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS
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>>>>>> 
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