Odd. Photoshop, Pentax photo browser, Epson Film Factory and Arcsoft PhotoImpressions all recognize my Optio S and Igital*Dist jpg's as PIM files. The embedded color space off both of them though, need to be changed to Epson RGB 2001 to print properly.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 7:14 PM Subject: Re: NOW Pentax software WAS the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D! > I ALMOST FORGOT! Pentax FINALLY responded to my request for information > about the PIM compatibility of the D: > "Mr. Waters: > > Thank you for contacting PENTAX USA, Inc. We are sorry for the response > delay. > > The IST D is not Epson PIM compatible, but it does support EXIF 2.2, which > is a large subset of the Epson PIM instruction set. > > I personally prefer Epson printers, and have found my output to be very > beautiful. > > We hope this information is useful to you. If you have any additional > questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to write or contact our > Dealer & Consumer Services department at 800-877-0155." > > Interesting since reading the FM says otherwise. > > Cory Waters > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: And now: the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D! > > > > I find ***L jpeg to be more than enough for my use, and I don't use the > > Pentax software. I import directly into Photoshop via PIM. > > > > Bill > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:25 PM > > Subject: Re: And now: the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D! > > > > > > > >Also, many thanks to Ruediger Neumann for the link to the German page > > > discussing Genzo RAW utility. > > > At the end, the main problem with image quality of the *ist D truly > looks > > to > > > be the bad RAW-JPEG conversion done by the Pentax software. If you do a > > good > > > conversion, the pictures have nothing to envy to Canon's SLR's (and > > surpass > > > them well at higher ISO settings). > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > > >Dario Bonazza > > > > > > Now this is v-e-r-y interesting. > > > > > > Pentax is shooting itself in its own foot with its software. > > > > > > Marnie :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.536 / Virus Database: 331 - Release Date: 11/6/2003 > >
