On Jun 26, 2006, at 7:39 AM, mike wilson wrote: >>> OK. What's quicker? I've never used it to adjust images, always >>> doing that in PS. >> >> What do you use it for, then? > Win ME, PS6. Pentax Photolab2.1
I'm not sure you understood the question. Do you use it for RAW conversions or what? >> The Pentax LAB and BROWSER are slow and do poor RAW conversions >> compared to almost any other RAW converter I've tested. > > How? Although I've only used it to convert to images for the web, > it seems to do a perfectly fine job. Certainly, I see nothing in > the results (as one might expect) that would cause me to pay for > another piece of software. Slow, I'm used to. Gives me a break > from the screen, which is nice. 1) The range of adjustment available with the Pentax LAB on RAW files is almost exactly what the camera itself is capable of and provides very little improvement over what you can do in full resolution JPEG *** out of the camera. Other RAW converters have much more capability, as well as being far faster and easier to work with. Adobe Camera Raw, Silkypix, RAW Developer, CS1, Bibble, etc etc are all much much better software. 2) The Pentax Browser is very slow and has very awkward controls, in my opinion. If my primary use was to sort and resample to low-rez JPEGs for presentation on a web page, Photoshop CS2 with Bridge or Photoshop CS with File Browser does a much better job. Other organizational tools (ACDSEE, iView MediaPro, JBuilder, Thumbs Plus, etc etc) are all superior performers and produce better quality output in less time. Sometimes I wonder: Why do people who complain about digital photography often seem unwilling to find and use the tools that make it sensible and efficient? I've seen this in many forums, it's not pointed strictly at you mike. I know it's a rhetorical question... There's no way I could enjoy digital photography using Pentax' supplied software. I wouldn't get anything useful done productively. And the features of the camera which enable it to have advantages for my work aren't fully exploited that way. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
