Adam and Pancho covered your questions. As addition:
If you already own Photoshop CS/CS2 or Photoshop Elements 3/4, you
can consider the Adobe RAW conversion software free ... the latest
version is always available as a free download. Camera Raw works as a
plugin to Photoshop CS, CS2 and Bridge, and PSE3/4.
Godfrey
On May 17, 2006, at 8:09 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
RAW's are raw sensor data in a TIFF format file for Pentax cameras
and most other cameras. It may or may not be compressed, my D50
compresses it's RAW files, so it gets 134+ 6MP RAW's on a 1GB card,
the *istD doesn't compress and uses a very inefficient data format
[12bit data padded to 16 bits] to get 71 shots on a 1GB card, the
DS is uncompressed, but uses a more efficient format [12bits packed
to get 4 pixels of data into 3 16bit words] to get approximately
100 RAW's on a 1GB card).
Converters:
1. Both. Free apps like RAWShooter Essentials, inexpensive pay apps
like Photoshop Elements 4 or Nikon Captur and expensive pay apps
like Capture One Pro or Photoshop CS2.
2. Both. components such as Adobe Camera RAW or the RAW converter
in Picasa or such apps as well as standalone apps like RSE or
Capture One Pro.
-Adam
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RAW
Is it truely raw sensor data or is it an encapsulated TIFF or other
uncompressed format?
Converters
1. Are they free or do they cost?
2. Are they components of other applications or stand-alone apps?
The more info the better.
TIA,
Collin
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