>On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 10:28:11AM -0700, Powell Hargrave wrote: >> If I add PEF files to a folder which has DNG files in it and then run DNG >> Converter it creates a second copy of the DNG files. >> >> Any way to stop this annoying redundant behaviour?
John Francis wrote: >Yes - don't put the DNG files in the same folder as the PEFs >in the first place :-) > >It's not actually redundant behaviour - the DNG converter is >documented to behave this way, and will take the opportunity >to change the DNG internal structure, if necessary, to bring >it up to the format the DNG converter now writes. This may >mean adding extra DNG tags (including, I believe, the ability >to fill them out from the copy of the Pentax MakerNote tag in >the old DNG file - the only software I am aware of that knows >how to look inside that copy of the Pentax private data). > >If your DNG files are already up to date, of course, then it >is redundant behaviour for now. But the next time the DNG >format is enhanced you'll appreciate being able to simply >re-process your DNGs (retaining any additional information >put there by Adobe Camera Raw, or by other programs), rather >than having to go back to the original PEFs. That might not >be a big deal. But, there again, if you have relegated the >PEFs to offline storage (or even, heaven forbid, deleted >them entirely) it make be a very big deal indeed! Hadn't considered that. OK a good feature. Adding a switch to turn it off would also be a good feature. Loading to a sub folder is OK but an annoying extra step. As is deleting the duplicates when you forget. :) Powell
