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Subject: [Leica] Is Lightroom 2.0 Really Shipping?
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Sun Aug 17 13:38:03 2008
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Hi Daniel,

No, I do convert to DNG. My workflow is something like this:

1) Copy RAW images from the CF card to a directory on my computer  
called RAW Dump
2) Import the images into Lightroom, with the "convert to DNG" option.  
I have a default directory which is the destination for those DNG files.
3) Once import has gone OK, I copy the RAW files from step 1 to a  
backup HD and delete them from the computer. All subsequent work is on  
the DNG files from step 2.

Cheers,
nathan

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On Aug 17, 2008, at 10:03 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Nathan Wajsman  
> <photo@frozenlight.eu> wrote:
>> Frank, my point is that LR does NOTHING to your files. It does not  
>> move
>> them, it does change them, nothing. All manipulations you do are  
>> recorded in
>> a database (called the Catalog). The original files are untouched.
>>
>
> Ok, Nathan. I'm starting to realize why we have had different  
> experiences.
>
> It appears that you "import from a location and let them stay there".
>
> I should probably start doing that. The reason I haven't is that I
> have taken the opportunity to convert Nikon NEF raw files to the DNG
> format for raw files. In that case, Lightroom has to move them.
>
> It is when you do that, move them, and know exactly where you want to
> move the DNG files to, that is when I run into cryptic specifications
> for directory paths that can get messy.
>
> Next time I'll start doing it the way it sounds like you do: import
> them from their present location and bypass the conversion from NEF to
> DNG. That way I can put them where I want them and just tell Lightroom
> to leave them there.
>
> If you convert to DNG, you have to move or copy something. Not the
> original of course; it stays intact, but the copy.
>
> Daniel
>
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