Re: [CGUYS] Digital TV [Was: Broadband Speeds Map]

2010-04-14 Thread t.piwowar
On Apr 14, 2010, at 12:52 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Useless! My thoughts exactly. Only the object of our frustration differs. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a m

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread t.piwowar
On Apr 14, 2010, at 9:46 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: I know the problem with RAW files. Format is camera dependent. Is there a standard yet? You miss the point completely. There is no standard for RAW and it can never be. The contents of a RAW file are closely tied to the characteristics of the ca

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
This is a problem, but for those who want the very best image it is a problem that is worth tolerating. The reason to capture the image in RAW format is that it is the only version of the data that is exactly what the camera captured. A TIFF or JPEG file is obtained by processing what the camera c

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread Fred Holmes
You can associate any file extension with any application to open it with the Tools => Folder Options => File Types dialogs, including entering any arbitrary file extension (type in three characters [or whatever number of characters]). Or am I missing your point? The problem is that the Irfanv

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread tjpa
On Apr 14, 2010, at 3:19 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Why use an ever-changing format when you can use a reliable universal standard like TIFF or the largest JPEG. With basic SLR and darkroom, and scanner, or digital camera and Photoshop, I can get whatever kind of image I want and not have to worry

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread tjpa
On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:35 PM, chad evans wyatt wrote: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33769/with-the-push-of-the-ipad-a-photograph-goes-global/ Great story. Nice to read about people working cooperatively with a happy result for all. ***

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread chad evans wyatt
I misspoke.  It's the BACKGROUND image on the iPad which is a Richard Misrach 8x10 photograph.  Thanks for having me run that down, Betty, and sorry to the List for an incorrect statement. Chad http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/33769/with-the-push-of-the-ipad-a-photograph-goes-global/ --- On We

Re: [CGUYS] NEF plugin for Irfanview

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Lastly, "all digital images" share the "post processing" characteristic of film images in darkroom. Snapshot or not. Finishing the image is something photographers have done since the 1820's. But dibble-dabble with archaic file formats in post-production is time lost. If you must have capaci

Re: [CGUYS] Digital TV [Was: Broadband Speeds Map]

2010-04-14 Thread b_s-wilk
Perhaps Mr. Parish is going to bop you in the nose for such a response. The report is rich with useful information, but you have to read it. What a hardship! Useless! I looked through the report, DTV Converter Box Test Program--Results and Lessons Learned. Aside from bad puctuation, ye