The new software does actually have some advances over the previous issues. The new Photo Lab raw converter does have additional features hidden in the View menu for more options, i.e. lens correction, noise reduction, CA and vignetting, etc., functionallity seems to lay between the full Silkypix and the free version.
The converted DNG is uncompressed so has no file size advantage over the PEF's, however you can re-run the Adobe converter on the Pentax made DNG's and losslesly compress them to save space. If you convert ist D Raw files to DNG you do gain about 1MB in reduced file size. You can then re-run them through the Adobe converter to get smaller compressed DNG's. Why do this you may ask? Well, the colour profile you achieve with the Pentax PEF -> DNG is much more accurate than Adobes native default profile for Pentax PEF's and saves you having to create an accurate profile with Greytag Macbeth charts etc for use in ACR which I had previously done. What is bizarre is that Pentax browser may be able to convert to DNG, but it doesn't display them! How daft is that? I still use Silkypix for my work however, as I find it produces the best results I've found so far of any of the other converters and I've grown to love the quirky old fashioned interface! It does have some very nice features. This is my first post, so please be kind to me! (But I have been lurking for a considerable while!) Hi Godders, hi Cotty! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Forbes Sent: 11 August 2006 11:18 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K110D - Why bother? Unfortunately, the new software may incorporate some Silkypix technology, but it's not Silkypix in disguise. It's barely more useful than the original version. John On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:37:41 +0100, John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 04:16:57PM -0400, Cory Papenfuss wrote: >> >> Just a though, but IIRC the K1[01]0D does DNG RAW files. Are they >> compressed to a non-stupid level? Anyone know? > > Neither the K100D nor K110D produce DNG RAW files. The new version of > Pentax Photo Laboratory (SilkyPix in disguise) can convert PEF to DNG. > > -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
