Bruce, Are you buying Silkypix? I thought that was what the Pentax Photo Browser was, came with my K10D box. Regards, Bob S.
On 1/8/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Dario, > > I ordered my copy about a week or so ago. I have been using Capture > One for quite a long time. For the K10D, lack of any kind of support > for either PEF or DNG made me look elsewhere. > > I tried using Lightroom and somewhat liked it. The biggest issues for > me were speed (SLOW, SLOW, SLOW) and the fact that it really wants to > be your main tool. I have other tools that I want/need to use and > just wanted the converter to be just that. > > After working with Silkypix for a little while, I got reasonably used > to the interface. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Sunday, January 7, 2007, 1:53:42 PM, you wrote: > > DB> At the end of some testing, my new RAW converter of choice for the K10D is > DB> Silkypix. > > DB> This is because: > > DB> Adobe Bridge/Photoshop CS2/ACR (call it at your leisure) is not up to my > DB> expectations for a good conversion. Too much grain effect at any speed, > DB> especially on a smooth sky, and too much artifacts and unnatural look in > DB> dark areas. > DB> Good user interface, very easy to get accustomed to and very handy auto > DB> defaults setting. Unfortunately, not enough for balancing its poor > DB> performance (for my taste). > > DB> Adobe Lightroom also shows some degree of above image look problems (not > as > DB> badly as CS2 does, but visible). Furthermore, it is slow to preview image > DB> adjustments and forces your to work the way its designers think it is > good. > DB> Not my workflow. In short: better image quality and far worse > DB> user-friendliness (to me). > > DB> Pentax Photo Lab 3.1. Pros: excellent image quality. Cons: alien user > DB> interface needing two big screens to display and work. And it is sloooow > to > DB> show you the effects of image adjustments. Oh, have I told you how slow it > DB> is? It is sloooow. > > DB> Silky pix: Excellent image quality, rather good interface, more than > DB> acceptable speed, batch conversion... The closest thing to Rawshooter > DB> Premium I've seen so far. After some quick testing, I'm hooked and I've > just > DB> ordered it. > > DB> Now I finally feel comfortable with the K10D. > > DB> Dario > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
