Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Rob Z. Smith
would but that’s just my choice. Rgds, Rob. From: Francisco Cribari [mailto:crib...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 February 2015 10:02 To: Darktable-users Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion The main argument for DNG is that it is more likely that one will be able to open and edit a DNG file using

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Richard Levitte
In message <54d9aedf.1070...@internode.on.net> on Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:10:23 +1100, Nick Payne said: nick.payne> On 10/02/2015 17:40, Pascal Obry wrote: nick.payne> > Le lundi 09 février 2015 à 22:51 +, Tony Arnold a écrit : nick.payne> >> Why is it a terrible idea? nick.payne> > It is also a

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Francisco Cribari
from 15% to 20% smaller than NEF and CR2 files and the DNG format includes a checksum that can detect file corruption. Best, F. Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:38:24 +0100 From: Pascal Obry Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion To: Nick Payne Cc: darktable-users Message-ID: Content

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Sebastian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My Pentax K-30 has no option to switch to PEF, only DNG is supported :) For the K-3 this is not true, it supports both formats. On 02/10/2015 08:03 AM, Jack Bowling wrote: > Pentax has offered DNG alongside its native PEF as a RAW image capture > for

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Rob Dean
Yes, that makes sense, thanks. (It will be interesting to see what happens to their market share if and when they release a full frame camera but that is a whole other issue). > On 10 Feb 2015, at 19:23, Pascal Obry wrote: > > 2015-02-10 9:00 GMT+01:00 Rob Dean : >> Pentax is far from Nikon o

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Pascal Obry
2015-02-10 9:00 GMT+01:00 Rob Dean : > Pentax is far from Nikon or Canon? Care to explain that a little? Market share: 2008 Japan only: http://www.slashgear.com/two-big-continue-to-stomp-digital-slr-market-in-japan-3128291/ 2011 world wide: http://zeroonevisuals.blogspot.fr/2012/10/dslr-camera

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-10 Thread Rob Dean
Pentax is far from Nikon or Canon? Care to explain that a little? > On 10 Feb 2015, at 18:35, Pascal Obry wrote: > > 2015-02-10 8:03 GMT+01:00 Jack Bowling : >> Pentax has offered DNG alongside its native PEF as a RAW image capture >> format for several years now. > > Sorry didn't know, but th

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Pascal Obry
2015-02-10 8:10 GMT+01:00 Nick Payne : > My Ricoh GR uses DNG as its raw format (as does the Ricoh GXR), and > Pentax SLRs have the option of using DNG as raw format. I also have a > Nexus 5 which, with Android 5 and the FV-5 camera app, will capture DNG > raw images... Good to know indeed! But ag

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Pascal Obry
2015-02-10 8:03 GMT+01:00 Jack Bowling : > Pentax has offered DNG alongside its native PEF as a RAW image capture > format for several years now. Sorry didn't know, but this change nothing as in this case you don't need to convert to DNG. And Pentax is far from Nikon and Canon. -- Pascal Obry

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Nick Payne
On 10/02/2015 17:40, Pascal Obry wrote: > Le lundi 09 février 2015 à 22:51 +, Tony Arnold a écrit : >> Why is it a terrible idea? > It is also a bad idea for me. Why? Because the conversion to DNG offers > only two bad options: > > - convert to DNG and loose encrypted maker specific data. > > -

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Jack Bowling
Pentax has offered DNG alongside its native PEF as a RAW image capture format for several years now. Jack On 2015-02-09 10:40 PM, Pascal Obry wrote: > Le lundi 09 février 2015 à 22:51 +, Tony Arnold a écrit : >> Why is it a terrible idea? > > It is also a bad idea for me. Why? Because the c

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Pascal Obry
Le lundi 09 février 2015 à 22:51 +, Tony Arnold a écrit : > Why is it a terrible idea? It is also a bad idea for me. Why? Because the conversion to DNG offers only two bad options: - convert to DNG and loose encrypted maker specific data. - convert to DNG and embedded the RAW which double t

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Tony Arnold
Why is it a terrible idea? Tony. On 09/02/15 22:28, parafin wrote: > No, never, because it's a terrible idea. > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 19:20:15 -0300 > Francisco Cribari wrote: > >> Will Darktable eventually include an option to convert NEF, CR2 and RAF >> files to DNG upon (image or folder) imp

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Roman Lebedev
> > No, never, because it's a terrible idea. I second that. Roman. On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:28 AM, parafin wrote: > No, never, because it's a terrible idea. > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 19:20:15 -0300 > Francisco Cribari wrote: > > > Will Darktable eventually include an option to convert NEF, CR2

Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread parafin
No, never, because it's a terrible idea. On Mon, 9 Feb 2015 19:20:15 -0300 Francisco Cribari wrote: > Will Darktable eventually include an option to convert NEF, CR2 and RAF > files to DNG upon (image or folder) import? FC > > -- > Francisco Cribari - http://about.me/cribariFrancisco Cribaraaa

[Darktable-users] DNG conversion

2015-02-09 Thread Francisco Cribari
Will Darktable eventually include an option to convert NEF, CR2 and RAF files to DNG upon (image or folder) import? FC -- Francisco Cribari - http://about.me/cribariFrancisco CribaraaahhhFrancisco Cribari - http://about.me/crihhhrancisco Cribari - http://about.me/cribariffFrancisco Cribari -