The RAW converter in PS Elements 3 seems to work very well.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: First *ist Ds shots
Jens,
Thanks, I am going to try RAW, but I have a vague memory of some
discussion threads here that were critical of the Pentax RAW
conversion. Wasn't John Francis even working on his own software? I
remember comments that the *ist D sensor was the same as Canon or
Nikon, but the results were not as appealing. I thought Dario was the
first to mention this. In any case, I am looking for how to get
around this with a RAW converter from somebody else. That or maybe
one of you with more experience will tell me Pentax has it all fixed.
Regards, Bob S.
On 6/12/05, Jens Bladt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Congrats, Bob.
You realy should try out shooting RAW.
I do it all the time now. The quality is simply better.
I am a D-user, so the time it takes to write the images on to the card is
a
PITA. I guess the DS works faster.
The PEF (RAW) files can be handled by various kinds of software. My
rather
cheap image database software; ACDC can open them and save them as JPEGs
or
what ever. However, to make the best of RAW files, you might wnat to get
a
proper RAW converter that does batch conversion - like Phase One (LE),
which
is not too expensive and very good (the best I believ - next to Phase One
SE, of course.
Jens Bladt
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Bob Sullivan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendt: 12. juni 2005 17:28
Til: [email protected]
Emne: First *ist Ds shots
I went to the Arboretum at 7 AM this morning.
Put the A400/5.6 on the camera.
Cranked the ASA up to 800 as it was a bit overcast.
Was quickly rewarded with this...(warning, big for dial-up readers)
http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Deer41.jpg
This is out of the camera and simply resized to 25% in PSP.
Also captured this trio...
http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Feeding1.jpg
http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Feeding2.jpg
http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Feeding3.jpg
All three are as they came out of the camera.
The first two are cropped and resized to 40% in PSP.
The last is just cropped without resizing, ie. the pixels as they came.
The 1st shot is the best, but I included the 3rd one just to show the
full size image.
I'm still a bit puzzled about sharpening these images as my habit is
to sharpen the web image a bit to better match the slide image...but
no slide image here!
I haven't shot anything in RAW yet. Don't I need something like
Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to handle the 12 bit color?
Critique, comments and suggestions solicited.
Regards, Bob S.
