The PEF's are losslessly compressed, the in-camera DNG's are not. The data inside, at least for the Bayer Matrix, is identical but the files are not even close due to the compression. For some reason Pentax doesn't support the Compressed version of the DNG spec.
-Adam On 3/14/08, Tim Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One assumes the .PEF and the .DNG should be bit-for-bit identical, > right? I note the .PEFs are all under 20M (13-18) while the .DNGs are > all 23 or so. This is gonna add up after a while. -T > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:05 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yep. I already downloaded it. Can't use it here at work unless I get IT to > install, but I'll put it on my photo box at home. I'll have to have a go at > shooting some PEF files and see what happens. I don't think I'll gain > anything other than file space. ACR is doing nice conversions on the K20D DNG > files. > > Paul > > > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > On Mar 14, 2008, at 8:17 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > ... But I like to complain:-). > > > > > > Um, is this the PDML motto? ]'-) Mark! > > > > > > Yes, DNG Converter 4.4 is in the package. > > > > > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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.
