That's what I do with my K10D, but after converting to DNG I erase the PEFs. The K10D shoots uncompressed DNG, but newer cams shoot the compressed version, so I see no need for PEFs with them.
--M. On 25/11/2010, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 25, 2010, at 4:51 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > >> >> On Nov 25, 2010, at 7:29 PM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >>> Up till now, with my K20, I've still been shooting in PEF because >>> they're the same bits and the files are smaller. What am I missing? >>> >>> -T >> Nothing, except perhaps forward compatibility. For all practical purposes >> PEF and DNG raw files are the same. But PEF is camera specific, and DNG is >> a standard adobe format. > > So shoot in .pef, then when you import to lightroom, copy them from one > external drive to your working drive, and convert them to .dng. Now you not > only have two copies, but they are in two formats. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. > -- Sent from my mobile device —M. \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- 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.
