On Mar 18, 2005, at 5:12 AM, David Zaninovic wrote:
So what is the final verdict on DNG vs PEF ? What do I lose by converting PEF to DNG ? Do I lose any picture information or just
metadata, like which lens was used and other things I don't really need. I need size reduction from 13MB to 5MB, that is a huge
difference. If I have to keep PEF-s then there is no reason to use DNG.
The best strategy, and the one that even Adobe suggests, is to archive your PEF files to allow for future enhancement to the DNG Converter. None of the image information is lost, but some of the camera manufacturers' metadata is not currently transferred.
Remember: you can always convert a PEF to DNG, but you cannot convert a DNG to a PEF (unless you've embedded the PEF into the DNG, which loses the file-size savings).
Godfrey
