Paul, If you run the K10D's native DNG files through DNG Converter v3.7 or higher, it will re-write them with lossless compression and save about 40-50% on storage.
Godfrey On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Or just shoot DNG. With the price of memory cards shrinking every > day, shooting DNG with the K10D is a reasonable solution. I still > use the last version of PSCS ACR, which has no problem with the > DNG files. The only downside is archiving, as the files are larger. > I'll probably convert to lightroom at some point, but I haven't yet > found the time or the ambition:-). > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> On Feb 18, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Mark Erickson wrote: >> >>> I was hoping that I wouldn't have to upgrade to CS3, but Adobe >>> stopped >>> releasing ACR updates for CS2 at V3.7. Bummer. >> >> I haven't upgraded to CS3. I moved my primary workflow to Lightroom >> instead, and use CS2 occasionally when I need to do more selective >> and/or compositing -oriented editing in addition. I find this setup >> more productive for my work, I use Lightroom to manage the entire >> photographic workflow from import to print/export to finished files. >> >> But you can continue with what you're doing at no additional cost. >> Download the "Camera Raw/DNG Converter v4.3.1" bundle from Adobe. >> Don't bother installing the Camera Raw plugin, it won't work. Install >> the standalone DNG Converter application. >> >> Add a step at the beginning of your workflow to run all your PEF >> files through DNG Converter ... you can target the card as input and >> a folder on the computer as output. This will render the PEF files >> into DNG files that are completely compatible with CS2 + Bridge + >> Camera Raw v3.7 with no further ado. >> -- 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.
