Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Daniel, For Nikon NEF files, I strongly suggest you use Nikon Capture as the Raw converter. It is, and always has been, the best converter in terms of quality. Most complaints come from workflow issues by pros who need to batch convert in a hurry - school sports, etc. I have found it exceptional for my unhurried amateur use. Cheers Jayanand On Dec 9, 2007 11:39 PM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Tina, > > I narrowed it down to _not_ converting NEF-files (Nikon's raw-format) > to DNG. I _usually_ do, but this time I didn't. > > My version of Photoshop (PS 8) can't edit DNG files, but it can edit > NEF-files so I wanted to leave the door open this time. Bad move. > > LightRoom seems to really require DNG. > > Now ... it didn't matter all that much. The problem was on my laptop, > where I just off-load files and work with them while I'm travelling. I > never have anything permanent on my laptop. > > So after re-installing with the "repair" option, uninstalling and > reinstalling from scratch, rebooting and all the other tricks ... I > just trashed my archive and re-imported, this time letting Lightroom > convert NEF to DNG, and everything went ok. > > Trashing my archive wasn't as drastic as it sounds. I had all of the > files somewhere else and the laptop is not a production machine, so I > didn't loose anything. > > I don't like LIghtroom because you 1) sharpen first and then 2) resize > ... DUH ... Doesn't Adobe care about quality? > > Otherwise it works well. I've never had a problem with my desktop, but > then again, I've always let Lightroom convert to DNG. If I ever have > to trash that archive, I'll dump Lightroom as fast as I can. > > Thanks for your suggestion. I might check the forums later. > > Daniel > > > On Dec 9, 2007 6:56 PM, Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: > > At 01:47 AM 12/9/2007, you wrote: > > > > >This is one piece of software that sucks. > > > > > >Daniel > > > > I love Lightroom and couldn't do without it now. Something must be > > wrong with your version. Maybe look it up in their forums? > > > > Tina > > > > Tina Manley > > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI > > http://www.tinamanley.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >