Have you considered teaching LR classes on the side? I don't know if you know everything, but when it comes to the obscure multi-step processes to fix niggling frustrations, man you rock! Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
stan On Nov 26, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2007, at 7:04 PM, Jan van Wijk wrote: > >> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:18:03 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >>> Just noticed that LR v1.3 now properly interprets the DA* series >>> lens >>> names in the metadata, whether PEF or DNG. Another minor issue >>> fixed. >> >> Yes, I noticed that too after importing the images from a Toronto >> trip >> last week, where I used the 16-50 and 50-135 exclusively. >> (about 2/3 with the 16-50) >> >> Have not looked back yet to see if all the DA limiteds and other >> relatively new lenses are now displayed correctly too. >> (they used to end up in the 'other lenses' bin :-) > > You might have to manually synchronize the metadata between > Lightroom's database catalog and the files: > > - In the metadata browser panel on the left, click on your Pentax > cameras and then Command- or Control- click on the "Unknown" item in > the lens category. That should select everything not already properly > digested into the library that was taken with a Pentax body. > > - Then select all and use the "Metadata->Save Metadata to file" > command to ensure that all edits are written to all selected files. > > - Once that completes, use "Metadata -> Read Metadata from files" ... > For DNG files, use the "Metadata -> Update DNG Metadata & Preview" > command. That will let Lightroom re-import all the lens metadata and > interpret it correctly in the database. > > I had to close the database and re-open it for the metadata browser > to properly reflect all the new entries. With Lightroom v1.3, all the > Pentax lenses shipped so far are properly listed in the metadata > browser now, as far as I'm aware. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
