[ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Sarah Chard
Hi my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new camera and is haveing problems with it - she says The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files. can anyone help? Sarah --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread paul sutton
On 26/10/11 10:58, Sarah Chard wrote: Hi my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new camera and is haveing problems with it - she says The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files. can the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Alan Pope
On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote: The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included that can process the  a55 files. They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called gimp-ufraw which can be installed via

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Sarah Chard
O n Wed, 2011-10-26 at 11:06 +0100, paul sutton wrote: can the camera be set to save as a different file format, i have never heard of a55 as a file format. or is a55 the camera in which case does it save a jpeg or similar. Paul it can but she wants to save them as RAW files - for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread George MacLeod
On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard sa...@streetentertainers.co.ukwrote: ** Hi my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new camera and is haveing problems with it - she says The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Alan Pope
On 26 October 2011 11:06, paul sutton zl...@zleap.net wrote: can the camera be set to save as a different file format,  i have never heard of a55 as a file format.  or is a55 the camera in which case does it save a jpeg or similar. A55 is the model of camera, not the format of file. Many

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Jon Farmer
On 26/10/11 11:06, Alan Pope wrote: They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called gimp-ufraw which can be installed via software centre. Also there's a package called rawstudio which can manipulate RAW files. Al. You might also consider rawtherapee. Regards Jon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread mac
On 26/10/2011 11:06, Alan Pope wrote: On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chardsa...@streetentertainers.co.uk wrote: The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files. They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that

[ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses/Certification/UK (Steven Roberts)

2011-10-26 Thread Haqking
FYI So you know, if you take the CompTIA Linux+ which is 2 exams (LX0-101 LX0-102), during the admin part of the exam you can give permission for your information to be passed onto LPI and so by taking the CompTIA Linux+ you will also be awarded LPIC Level 1 as well as Novell Certified Linux

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 26 October 2011 11:27, mac ammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page. -- Philip Stubbs --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses/Certification/UK (Steven Roberts)

2011-10-26 Thread bodsda
HaqKing, Is the CompTIA Linux+ up to date? The practice questions list Xfree86 as a package more suited to workstations than servers. Xfree86 hasn't had a release for almost 4 years where as X.org has had a contribution 30mins ago Bodsda Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread mac
On 26/10/2011 12:06, Philip Stubbs wrote: On 26 October 2011 11:27, macammonius.grammati...@gmx.co.uk wrote: Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw: http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html If by A55 they mean Sony SLT-A55V, then it is supported by UFRaw, according to that page.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files

2011-10-26 Thread Norman Silverstone
snip Sarah Is this the right camera? If so, GIMP + UFRaw / gimp-ufraw plugin is the way to go on a Linux system. There are a few RAW converters available for Ubuntu and I would suggest that Photivo is well worth more than a look at. Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com