Take the K-3 for example, what advantages are there if any to shooting
pef vs dng?
jco
On 3/15/2014 6:17 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting John Coyle <[email protected]>:
I'd ditch the PEF files once you have converted them, and backed up the
conversions, John. If the TIFFs are not processed, I'd treat them
the same
way, no point in having multiple formats around.
Don't know whether Ricoh/Pentax will continue with the PEF format for
ever,
so a more common and widely-supported format makes sense as the original
format to use and keep.
There have already been some moves to abandon PEF. The Q, K-01, K-30,
K-50, K-500 only offer DNG - no PEF (there may be others). I
understand that the K-3 offers both Raw formats but I wonder whether
future cameras will do so.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John
Sent: Saturday, 15 March 2014 9:41 AM
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Subject: Keep the PEFs?
I'm doing a *LOT* of computer work here lately, what with the new Mac
mini,
rescuing old files off of my mother's old computers & getting ready
to add
another NAS to my home network.
Among other things, in line with my attempts to declutter my life, I'm
contemplating revamping my photo storage and backups with the aim of
reducing unnecessary duplication in those backups. I know I should
keep a
backup here and another off site, but I've got so many backups that I
can't
be sure which files are adequately backed up and which files are
excessively, even OCD backups.
At the beginning of 2013 I switched from PEF to DNG for my RAW file
format.
I have PEF files going back several years before that, with the
*ist-D, the
K10D and the K20D.
I'm wondering if I should use Adobe's DNG converter on all those old PEF
files, and IF I do should I still keep the PEF files?
I would be amenable to receiving reasoned arguments (yes, I *know*
it's the
PDML) pro & con on the subject.
1. Should I convert all the old PEF files to DNG?
2. Should I keep backup copies of all those old PEF files, in
addition to
the two backups (on & off site) I intend to make for the DNG files?
3. Some of the *ist-D files are .TIF files - can I, should I convert
those
to DNG as well?
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