On Mar 10, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > "I won't buy anything until I can use the raw files in Lightroom." > > Thanks to all for the timely replies. Godders, from your comment on > Lightroom I am assuming that the program doesn't address Oly Raw > files? > How about PS Elements in either ver 8 or 9? Anyone using the E-PL > series cameras with the PS Elements for Raws? > > I use an older ver 7 and it will not open them and I cannot get an > upgrade as far as I know. I have tried several times and it always > fails. > > Thanks again! > > Walt >
I am not Godders but will give this a try. First, I know nothing about the range of Olympus camera models, just the E-PL2. WRT the E-PL2, the camera produces a RAW file labeled ORF. Which presumably is going to be different from other Olympus ORF files just as the Pentax K-5 PEF is different from the Pentax K-20 PEF. In other words, as far as I have seen, every single camera produces its own unique flavor of RAW, though there must be within-brand similarities across models from a given manufacturer. Second, the Adobe family of products, which includes Photoshop Elements, Photoshop, and Lightroom, all use a common software engine (ACR) to interpret the various RAW flavors. As new cameras are introduced, each with its own new variant on RAW, Adobe gets the information and expands ACR to be able to read the new file versions. Apple goes through a similar process in updating its system software to enable Preview, Aperture, Quicktime, etc. to be able to read the new files. I expect MS has a similar process. In the case of Adobe, it seems to take 1-3 months after camera introduction; in the case of Apple it seems to take 4-6 months for Pentax cameras [which is one major reason I use Lightroom rather than Aperture], but I am not sure about their track record on other brands. Eventually it will happen. I am currently on LR3.3 which incorporates ACR6.3. I expect that, in the not too distant future, I will get an update notice from Adobe which will give me LR3.3 with ACR6.4. Maybe they'll call it LR3.4. If you are using PSE x.y, which may be using ACR6.3, presumably you will be able to upgrade it to ACR6.4 in the fullness of time. I do know that "older" versions of PSE are not compatible with "newer" versions of ACR but I don't know which flavor of PSE is the break point. If your PSE uses ACR6.3 now, you should be able to read the ORF files once ACR6.4 comes out. If your PSE is stuck on version 5, you'll need to go to a newer PSE which utilizes ACR6.y stan -- 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.
