It was originally my question.
In 2004 I shot a combination of JPEG, medium size TIFF and a very few PEF
(RAW) files with the *ist-D. From 2005 - 2012 I shot PEF or PEF+JPEG
with the *ist-D, K10D and K20D.
At the beginning of 2013 I switched my RAW format to DNG for the K10D &
K20D.
I had the idea that it might simplify my life if I used Adobe's
stand-alone DNG converter to convert all the old PEF files to DNG.
I was curious whether after the DNG conversion I should keep *BOTH* the
PEF files *and* the DNG files, or keep just the DNG files.
On 3/26/2014 2:44 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
The way I read it, he's converting to DNG and then discarding the PEF
files.
Am I wrong about that?
Wrong. I'm getting DNG out of the camera, running them thru ACR and
saving as tiffs.
Actually for me, its like taking a slide. WYSIWYG after the convewrsion
in the tiff. I don't do anything wild in the RAW conversion to tiff and
have yet to regret deleting the RAW files.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "John" <johnsess...@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Keep the PEFs?
On 3/20/2014 12:41 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Mar 14, 2014, at 23:16 , Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
1. Should I convert all the old PEF files to DNG?
If you're keeping the RAW files I'd say yes.
After a time period after RAW file conversion I generall delete the
RAW files.
Wow!
To my mind, this is like: "After a time period after making prints
from my negatives, I generally throw away the negatives". Really?
-Charles
The way I read it, he's converting to DNG and then discarding the PEF
files.
Am I wrong about that?
More akin to getting your film back from the lab, slipping the negatives
into archival sleeves in a notebook and discarding the ENVELOPE the lab
used to return your film.
I'm not planning to get rid of the RAW files, I'm just asking if there's
any reason I should keep redundant RAW files (DNG *and* PEF) after
converting them?
--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow
the directions.
