Am Sonntag, 8. Dezember 2013, 10:47:47 schrieb David Vincent-Jones:
> Well ... this is even more interesting.
> 
> I downloaded two test images from dpreview, a normal city scene as well
> as one of their color/resolution test shots and put them into a fresh
> folder.
> 
> This was my terminal response:
> david@W530:~/darktable/build/src$ darktable -d
> [rawspeed] No decoder found. Sorry.
> [rawspeed] No decoder found. Sorry.

As expected. We don't lad these RAW files ...

> But after 10 seconds the 2 RAF files were decoded an were ready for
> processing.
> 
> In darkroom I noticed that there was no processing (after the
> '0-original) in the history

... and this says that it's not a RAW that was loaded. So I feel confirmed that 
it was GraphicsMagic loading the files.

> but the image looked exceptionally good at
> that point. I was concerned over noise but then found it was small dust
> particles on a black bottle. I compared the colors of the Wolf-Faust
> target in the image with my copy of the same target .. they appeared
> identical. The raw appears very sharp but I did apply minimal basic
> sharpening and nothing more. Second image same ... with impressive detail.

Does anyone know what format GM converts the files to? 8bit JPEG or some decent 
high bit depth format?

> I am more than surprised. The only down side appears that the mysterious
> decoding takes much longer than I would normally expect. The images are
> remarkable!

The long processing times are to be expected if GM does a full resolution 
convert.

Maybe I should search for some test files myself.

> David

Tobias

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