On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 10:29:19PM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: > I've been shooting RAW files with the K-5, then importing them into LR4.1. > I've been saving them as DNG's in LR. > > So now I'm beginning to question what I'm doing. > The K-5 says I'm shooting RAW, not RAW+DNG.
The RAW format for the K-5 is DNG There is no "RAW+DNG". There is a "RAW+JPG" If you've made any changes to the file before saving them as DNGs, you don't have any record of the "as shot" files directly from the camera. > Have I really got the RAW files I shot since buying the K-5 (or K-7 or K-20), > or have they all been compromised on import to Lightroom DNG's. On the K-7 & K-20 I believe you could choose either PEF or DNG as the raw format. I never owned those cameras, so I'm not 100% sure. > I'm getting confused in the discussions of back-up of files, > mainly because I'm importing all my images and not saving the raw RAW > files directly in Windows. > I think about doing the saving of raw RAW files when looking at the LR4.1. > I think I'm able to improve my old images in the shadows with the new > software. > So am I saving the right type of files to keep the originals for > future upgrades. > > Regards, Bob S. > > -- > 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.
