"Brian Fancher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to: >>Canon's RAW converters are not worth using if you want to get the best >>images out of your RAW files. And after all you MUST want to get good >>images because you chose to shoot RAW. > >Chip, > Are your lack of CANON results the same with the LINEAR RAW conversion as >with the standard conversion? I am assuming you aren't as the Linear leaves >it all to you and your Photoshop. I have read recently that linear >conversion is really the only way to go if you want absolute control. >Otherwise we are leaving it up to Canon, Capt1, BB, or Y, and I'm not >disputing your results there.
The thing is, depending on how much tweaking is needed, Fileviewer may very well give nearly the same results, but so far nobody's had the patience to actually do all the tweaks. Seriously, every time you change something, it take another 20 seconds to see it. Plus, I don't think it does digital noise reduction as C1LE does. All I know is, I feel I am maximizing my images when I output from C1LE. And it's easy. I use my embedded JPG files for webuse. In fact, unless I'm printing, I no longer bother extracting a TIF anymore of any images but the exceptional ones, and no longer opening anything in Photoshop until I do want to print. I used to like to check them out sometimes if they were possible keepers, but the lovely embedded JPGs seem to be pretty good for web and image browsing later. I can size them in C1LE and it does a nice job of it. Jim Davis Nature Photography http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
