Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Gerry, I usually down load my images to my photo file on the hard drive, then load to LR, this way you have the camera raw files and the dng files in LR. Although with Leica M8/DMR, they are dng to begin with. This may be a solution for you though if you want both. Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <richard at richardmanphoto.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 1:50:16 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [Leica] DNG/Lightroom Question There are two procedures going on: 1 - Propriety RAW to DNG 2 - Develop "default" of a DNG based on the Process and Profile setting Add to it is that there have been different generations of DNG, although I'm not sure they change the basic look per se. Anyway, the answer probably depends on when you have done the conversion and what settings you use for camera calibrations, and it's all very possible that even an Adobe engineer would not know the definitive answer... Don't sweat the details, just visualize in B&W like I do :-) On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > Richard > > That is my point. They upgrade to a new 2010 profile, but if a .dng > conversion was done way back then there a similar upgrade to a new .dng > version or is it stuck at the old level/values? > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > > > > > > > On 10 Jan 2012, at 07:32, Richard Man wrote: > > > The preset may be different, and may be it's set up to be (for example) > > more contrast to begin. > > > > "Camera Calibration" would also definitely make a difference. The latest > > "2010" Process probably looks better than the "2003" Process, and the > > "Adobe Standard" profile is probably better than the "Embedded" profile. > > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > > > >> Possibly (hopefully) they are Richard, but I think that Adobe improves > the > >> 'translation' of native RAW files as time goes on. Maybe I am wrong, and > >> someone will put me right on this. > >> > >> Gerry > >> > >> Gerry Walden LRPS > >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > >> Web: www.gwpics.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 10 Jan 2012, at 07:08, Richard Man wrote: > >> > >>> You sure it's not just that your skills are better now than in 2006? > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I am working on older images (2006) in Lightroom, and I am finding > that > >>>> they are a lot better than when I worked on them back then. They are > >> .raf > >>>> files from a Fuji S2, and I think they have been improved as Adobe has > >>>> updated the way it reads the files. > >>>> > >>>> Now for the question - if files are converted to .dng files is that > >>>> conversion then 'set in stone' or is the conversion updated as Adobe > >>>> improves its translation of the files? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, as I am sure someone here knows the answer. > >>>> > >>>> Gerry > >>>> > >>>> Gerry Walden LRPS > >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > >>>> Web: www.gwpics.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Leica Users Group. > >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.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 > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information