Update to ACR 2.4 (latest version for CS), get the latest version of Adobe DNG converter, convert your PEF's to DNG and enjoy CS for a while more. ACR is the best overall converter for Pentax RAWs. Later versions do provide more control though.
I use this method to get Panasonic G1 RAW's into ACR 4 for CS3 (The G1's only supported natively in ACR 5). Capture One 4 is a decent alternative for PEF conversion as well (I own it and it handles K10D RAW's quite well) and there's always SilkyPix or Pentax Photo Lab if you can deal with bad UI, slow performance and instability. There's a half-dozen other options as well. These days there's almost as many RAW converters available as there are DSLRs. -Adam On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:01 PM, JC OConnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Anybody well versed on the alternatives to > ACR for converting PEF files? Either as a photoshop > plugin for photoshop CS or standalone program > to use in conjuction with photoshop CS? > > It seems I have to buy a new version of photoshop > just to get updated ACR for the latest Pentax > camera's PEF files? I dont like that. Photoshop > CS meets all my needs at this time, I dont wanna > buy PS again just to get a ACR plugin for new > PEF files if I dont have to. > > jco > > > -- > 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.
