Yes, as I said earlier: ---- > If you prefer a sharper shot to a softer feel, then you will > probably wish to shoot in the DNG RAW format instead of PEF RAW > or JPG. > > If you prefer a smoother image, then you will want to shoot in > PEF RAW or JPG.
This implies one of two things: - Either there is some image processing applied to the RAW data in PEF and JPEG output modes that isn't applied to the DNG output mode, or Dorian is assuming Pentax Lab for PEF conversion which performs different smoothing/cleanup compared to when it processes K10D PEFs. It might also be an answer to the comments that Pentax Lab and Silkypix produce different RAW conversion results with PEF vs Camera Raw and Lightroom with DNG. This is an interesting question mark and I'm curious to see what happens when Adobe supports K10D PEF files. ---- Or, a third, of course: Dorian has made a misstatement. PPL3 can process K10D DNG files, or DNG files that it converts from K10D PEF files, but not DNG files in the general case. Godfrey On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:26 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > See thread <K10D Review Online> for a discussion earlier this > evening... > > On Dec 15, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: > >> Over at dpreview, a fellow posted a reply he got from Pentax USA >> about >> K10D image sharpness. Here's an extract that some of us are >> puzzled by: >> >>> If you prefer a sharper shot to a softer feel, then you will >>> probably wish to shoot in the DNG RAW format instead of PEF RAW or >>> JPG. >>> If you prefer a smoother image, then you will want to shoot in PEF >>> RAW or JPG. >> >> And my question: >> >> Why would DNG RAW produce a sharper image than PEF RAW? >> >> Some people have suggested that ACR produces sharper images than >> PPL3, >> but that is not exactly what the Pentax guy said. After all, can't >> you >> process DNG images through PPL3? >> >> Here's the starting post: >> >> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp? >> forum=1036&message=21285564 >> >> Any thoughts? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
