Godfrey, No jumping, just a question. P.J. actually suggested that there might have been a "glitch" in the camera.
I was hoping that I wouldn't have to upgrade to CS3, but Adobe stopped releasing ACR updates for CS2 at V3.7. Bummer. --Mark Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >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.
