On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 15/04/2014 12:30 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: >> >> Conversion to DNG is pretty trivial for raw files using Bayer filter >> sensors. Once the order of the bit patterns is known they all work the >> same way. However Foveon and what ever Fuji X-trans sensors are enough >> different to require lots of special processing. I wouldn't be >> surprised if the DNG conversion of those files completely rewrites the >> data, as opposed to Bayer data that just requires a common instruction >> set. > > Whatever is happening to decode them, Adobe doesn't have the best method > from what I've been reading. There is something called Irridiant (sp) for > Mac, and Photo Ninja, I believe for both that do quite a bit better than the > Adobe decode. I have to decide if I want to upgrade Lightroom for the > convenience or buy new software.
Some people swear by Phase One's raw converter, Capture One Pro. It compares favourably with Lightroom for developing features, not so much for the other modules though. Not sure how well it handles non-Bayer sensors. -- -bmw -- 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.
