Why are only "As Shot" or "Manual" usable? Is the color temp slider unavailable? That gives you far more precise control. What about the other settings in the drop down menu, like cloudy, fluorescent, and so on? Are they unavailable to you? If the settings show in the menu, in what way are the useless? With which program are you trying to use the RAW converter - Photoshop CS2 or the latest releases of Elements.
There seems to be a consensus that the Adobe converter is far superior to the Pentax converter. You've seen first hand how the two compare. Somehow I think your missing something in the way you set up the Adobe converter. However, I've not tried the new Beta version, just 2.4, so I'm assuming the color temp menus and sliders are quite similar or the same in the way they work Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Jack Isidore > I can't decide which RAW converter is the best. I have tried the > latest Adobe beta and Pentax. > Adobe has more options like noise and color fringing reduction. The > white balance settings drive me nuts. Only "As Shot" or Manual are > usable. Adobe RAW would be nice since it allows me to convert PEF to >DNG and save disc space. >The Pentax RAW converter displays the best white balance settings. The >white balance settings are identical (I think) to the camera settings. >the bad thing about the Pentax converter is remaining color noise and >ugly artefact's on color borders/edges.
