I'm using Bridge CS3, and it does seem to get wonky after a couple of days open. I'll probably get CS4 later this spring.
-Adam On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > I keep PSCS4 Bridge open all day without problems. I couldn't live without > it. No wonkiness here. > Paul > On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Jan 15, 2009, at 12:15 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>>> I suspect some enterprising fellow could come up with EF, N, SA and >>>> possibly Nikon E-type adaptors with full iris control by building an >>>> exlectronic adaptor. Sort of a cross between conurus's Contax N to EOS >>>> conversion and the 4/3rds->m43 adaptor Panasonic already sells. m43 >>>> does use servo controlled focus and aperture so there's obviously a >>>> source of power. >>>> >>>> It's probably more trouble than it's worth, especially since a G1 with >>>> say an 85L on the front would handle pretty badly. >>> >>> I'd say it's mostly a waste too. There are plenty of excellent lenses >>> which >>> can be used with simple mount adapters around, no need to spend a bunch >>> of >>> time and money adapting fancy dancy electronic lenses from other mounts >>> for >>> no reason. For that matter, the Olympus 50-200/2.8-3.5 and 150/2, for >>> instance, give way more facility and work brilliantly (manual focus only) >>> ... and are better than *most* of the vintage glass anyway. >> >> There's a couple lenses that could really be interesting (Particularly >> the fast 200's from Nikon and Canon). But overall I'd agree with you, >> too many other options. >> >>> >>>> Oh, I picked up a red G1 myself. Liking it so far, but still figuring >>>> out my workflow. Bridge CS3 seems to be allergic to the DNG's right >>>> now. >>> >>> Never upgraded to CS3 so I can't help there, but DNGs with DNG Converter >>> v5.2 should be useable. >>> >>> Lightroom 2.2 does brilliantly with the .RW2 files directly, as does >>> Camera >>> Raw v5.2 (in Photoshop CS4 or latest versions of PSE). >>> >>> Godfrey >> >> I mostly had to kick Bridge a bit, it gets wonky when it's open too >> long. But it's still insisting on not allowing me to open DNG's in >> Camera RAW without kicking them to PS, which does slow work down a >> bit. Ah, well, it's working better than the other option (Silkypix, >> Ugh!) >> >> -- >> 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. > > > -- > 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.
