Thanks, it's now on my B&H wishlist. Reichman's coverage of his Amazon
trip and "what works" makes note of bringing the camera in and out of
air conditioned hotel rooms as a big problem in extremely humid
environments. But any temperature change that would significantly cool
the camera will certainly draw in moisture. The Amazon and Antarctica
are just the extremes.
My brother-in-law is about to return to Vietnam for a 10 day tour with
his war-time buddies. We've outfitted him with a duplicate Canyon point
and shoot from KEH to go with the first one from KEH in case the first
should fail. He has also been advised to keep the inactive camera in a
sealable plastic bag at all times and to keep the working one in a
sealed plastic bag when entering and exiting air conditioned hotels
until such time as the camera acclimates to the temperature.
He picked up a nice Mamiya while in 'nam but never learned to use it.
But he does know how to use the P&S now so I'm hoping at least one
camera survives along with some good shots.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> Ali Shah wrote:
>> http://www.rawtherapee.com/?page=cameras
>>
> Thanks for the link, Ali! Just what the doctor ordered for the RAW files
> from my A710 IS. Haven't compared it to ACRS for the 5D yet.
>
> The hack firmware add-on adds RAW output capability. Using it was a
> pain, though. Use a CRW to DNG converter, then process the DNG. And the
> results weren't impressive.
>
> This converter reads the RAW files directly and provides a whole bunch
> of processing options, not all of which I've learned yet. However, just
> the ability to turn off sharpening is a huge plus. Even at iso 75, there
> is sharpening that gives halos and such artifacts to some fine detail in
> the JPEGs. It also appears there may be some light noise reduction even
> at iso 75 in the JPEGs. Now I can control both functions. My test image
> sharpens up MUCH better in PS than what is already done in the JPEGs.
>
> There also may be some added latitude, but I haven't investigated that
> yet. The DNG converter only puts out 8 bit, while Rawtherapee does 16
> bit TIFFs. If the RAW data is more than 8-bit, that may help.
>
> Also, anybody with a closet Canyon P&S of recent vintage. If you find
> that the iso doesn't show in the exif data, or just says "Auto", there
> is software to read it where it is hidden in Canyon's unique,
> non-standard metadata and write it in the correct place. Works perfectly.
>
> Also-2, the RAW files from hacked Digic II processors don't have exif
> data. Exiftools may be used to copy it from the JPEGs to processed TIFF
> or PSD files, so they are complete. May be batched.
>
> Moose
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