> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/06/27 Tue PM 02:06:36 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Windoze versions and DS > > On Jun 27, 2006, at 2:01 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > >> Comparing Pentax Lab with Camera Raw or any of a half dozen other > >> good RAW converters is kinda like comparing a 1975 home slide > >> processing kit with a calibrated, replenished E6 processing machine > >> maintained by a knowledgeable technician > > > > Thanks. Useful information. Does Vuescan handle RAW files? I > > never thought to check. > > Yes, it does. Vuescan's RAW conversion implementation is derived from > the inclusion of the open source dcraw libraries. It does an good job > in many ways, with the usual Vuescan controls, if you like that way > of working. It does not do hot pixel removal or highlight detail > extraction, and is somewhat primitive in use compared to others. But > I've converted a lot of RAW files with it in the past.
I'll give it a whirl tonight, although I'll probably have to upgrade from the ~1year old version I've got installed now. Is it a worse UI than PLab? I think they are pretty equal in that respect, maybe with the advantage going to PLab. m > > Nowadays, I use Camera Raw almost exclusively, although I'm getting > hot to be done with the work for the current show I'm hanging so I > can spend some time getting comfortable with the Lightroom beta 3 > application, see how it integrates with my work. > > Godfrey > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
