On 06/05/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I usually shoot in DNG, mostly because I'm concerned about future > compatibility. In the future, who will keep writing software to convert > old propriety RAW files? And with operating system changes etc, how long > can you count on being able to run the software you currently use to > process PEF's (or any other proprietary RAW file?) > > The advantage of the PEF format is the compression, so you get more > shots per card. I figure that it is easier to just shoot in DNG than to > convert the PEF's after the fact. The exception would be when storage is > at a premium - either because you want to minimize having to pause and > change a card, or because you are limited in regards to the amount of > storage on hand. So I may shoot PEFs while traveling or while shooting a > critical event where changing a card could mean a lost opportunity - but > I'll convert those files to DNG later.
I shoot PEF and convert to DNG after DL, I archive the PEF to DVD but my working library is DNG. Conversion to DNG (even re-compressing the uncompressed DNGs produced by the K10D) is very easy using the Adobe DNG Converter utility. With this it's easy to preset the source and destination directories so it's as easy as dumping the new files in a pre-set location and executing the conversion utility. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
