I have a K10D and K20D in both cases DNG is larger than a PEF and that's relevant to me -might they be double size, 75% more or other %- ~in the cameras I own~ DNG is still considerably larger. I have a preference on a raw converter, and that raw converter supports PEF better than DNG.
Can we agree that in the cameras I own, DNG files are larger than PEF files and that if Capture One is the raw converter of choice DNG is not the best option? On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 1:42 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:16:58AM -0400, Fernando wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:10 AM, John Francis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Heck, it wouldn't be that difficult to write a >> > DNG-to-(PEF/NEF/CRW/Whatever) >> > converter, if it were necessary. >> >> There is nothing out there today that can do that. I can convert all >> my PEFs to DNG tomorrow if I want to > > That, in itself, should tell you something. > If it were worthwhile, somebody would do it. > >> >As I've said before, there's nothing in a >> > PEF that isn't in a DNG file. >> Not every one agrees on that >> http://www.openraw.org/node/1482/ > > Believe what you like. The facts are as I stated. > I know - I've written software to pull apart PEFs, > and to compare the contents with the contents of DNGs. > I can't speak for other formats (NEF, CRW, etc.), but I > can indeed state that DNGs contain everything from PEFs. > In fact the MakerNote tag - the repository for all the > Pentax-private data - is copied over bit-for-bit. > > And I wouldn't exactly call openraw.org a disinterested > party, either - they have their own agenda, and seem to be > more interested in badmouthing Adobe than in anything else. > Despite Adobe's long history with maintaining the TIFF standard, > and in direct contradiction to what Adobe have publicly stated > about the DNG standard, they continue to tilt at the windmill > of DNG being "a proprietary standard, owned by Adobe". > >> If you don't care about other raw converters that's fine ~that's what >> you have to weight, and that's why is a personal decision~ If you >> prefer Lightroom, and you think that's all you need today and in the >> future, and you are confident that DNG keeps all data that is in PEF, >> and you don't care about halving your card storage, and you don't care >> about hard drive space or running processes to compress DNGs, then >> fine, go with DNG. > > You don't make your point any more convincing by exaggerating, either. > Even on a K10D, a PEF isn't half the size of a DNG. With the advent > of compressed DNGs on the K-7 the issue becomes moot. > > > -- > 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. > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- 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.
