Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I have now processed a couple of hundred new images with LR3 and my conclusion stands: for existing images (i.e. those previously converted and edited with LR2) it is best to leave them alone; new images do come out very nice indeed, with a notable improvement at high ISO (in my case from an M8). Oh, and the "import from catalog" function worked fine just now. I had created a catalog on my laptop during the just completed trip to Switzerland, backed it up to my iPod as I always do when travelling, and I have just imported them into my main catalog on the desktop iMac. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Aug 12, 2010, at 10:33 PM, Robert D. Baron wrote: > Here's an article I read today that discusses when and when not to update: > > http://x-equals.com/blog/?p=6462 > > --Bob > > ==On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at > frozenlight.eu> wrote: >> Now I have tried it with a couple of high-ISO images, and I would caution >> upgraders against just letting Lightroom update the entire filmstrip >> automatically. In the two cases I looked at, high-ISO images became >> sharper but also grainier after the upgrade, not necessarily the effect I >> wanted. Fortunately, the update can be undone in the Develop module, >> since it is just another action in History. >> >> For me the bottom line is that updating of previously processed images >> that are low ISO is by and large a waste of time, and updating of high >> ISO images should be done on an image-to-image basis, not in bulk. >> >> Thanks to everyone for your help. >> >> Nathan >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >