Well don't read too much into it. There are a lot of places along the path from file creation in the camera to saving to the card to transferring from the card to the working drive where a transitory problem could occur to to cause a file problem. These systems are complex enough with enough interactions that the exact problem may never manifest itself again.
Mark Erickson wrote: > 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? >>> >>> > > -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.
