Why would you infer a camera problem given the behavior of format conversion error by Camera Raw? Do you have other files that behave the same way?
Camera Raw v3.7 and Lightroom 1.0-1.2 failed for quite a while to read PEF files I created with the K10D. It seemed to happen with photos made when I was pointing the camera straight down more of the time. I thought it was a camera problem. However, PPL would read them and output an uncompressed DNG file, which was then readable by Camera Raw/DNG Converter up to v4.2 or Lightroom up to up to 1.2. I hadn't noticed that in all cases the PEF files were > 16M in size. When Lightroom v1.3 appeared (Camera Raw/DNG Converter v4.3), the problem disappeared. I conclude it was a software error in the Adobe code that limited the ability to process PEF files larger than a 16M size. Nothing to do with the camera. Don't jump to conclusions. :-) Godfrey On Feb 18, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Mark Erickson wrote: > Hmmmm, > > So William Robb opened the PEF with ACR 4.3.1 with no problems. > Did you try > to convert it to DNG then open the DNG? > > Godfrey opened the PEF with ACR 3.7, then saved it as a DNG with no > problems. That's what didn't work right on my computer. Seems to > indicate > that I have a problem with my installation of ACR 3.7. > > P.J. couldn't read the PEF with either Raw Shooter Essentials or > the Pentax > Photo Browser. > > Hmmmm. Three people, three different results (four if you include > me). > Question is, do I have a bad K10D? > > Any more thoughts? > -- 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.
