Hi Jim,
I will just have to wait for the next Adobe Camera Raw update, which
I am sure will include support for the E420. In the meantime, I will
just follow the current clunky method.
Cheers,
Nathan
On 21-jun-2008, at 18:33, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
> Nathan,
>
> Looks like a fine image under difficult lighting conditions. I had
> not
> considered your "RAW" problem. When I bought my E-510 a few months
> ago, I
> just transferred the RAW and JPEG images to my computer hard drive and
> opened them in Elements 6.0. I have never loaded any of the Olympus
> software on my computer. My only problem is that the RAW files
> will not
> show up as thumbnails, so I keep the jpeg files to serve as a
> visual index,
> until I am finished with my editing.
> I think you will enjoy the Pancake. I'm torn between that lens or
> the Sigma
> 30/1.4 as my next addition.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nathan" <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 2:39 AM
> Subject: [OM] A sort of test of the E-420 with pancake
>
>
>>
>> One of the first images I have shot with this new combination.
>> Unfortunately I had to use Olympus Master to convert to TIFF, so I
>> cannot really tell if the image quality is on par with the E3. I hate
>> having to use a stand-alone RAW converter, and especially as bad as
>> the Olympus Master, so I hope Adobe fixes this problem soon by
>> updating Camera RAW.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Nathan <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: 21 juni 2008 9:36:59 GMT+02:00
>>> To: Picture a Day discussion group <pad@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: Nathan's PAD 18th June: mother and child
>>>
>>> While on the ferry from England to France on Thursday afternoon, I
>>> was testing my newly acquired Olympus E-420 with the 2.8/25mm
>>> pancake lens. This is intended to be my "travelling ultra light"
>>> kit. I test lenses by taking pictures, no photographing newspapers
>>> on the wall and the like. Here is a pretty attractive scene:
>>>
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/gallery/4253606_netUM#316912721_TzHpA-A-LB
>>>
>>> I do not usually post technical info, but in this case it may be
>>> relevant. Since Adobe Camera Raw does not yet support the E-420, I
>>> was forced to convert the image to TIFF using the stupid Olympus
>>> Master software that came with the camera and then import it into
>>> Lightroom to proceed as usual. This means that I have little basis
>>> for comparing image quality to my E3, since the RAW files generated
>>> by the latter open directly in Lightroom. I hope that Adobe fixes
>>> this problem ASAP, preferably next week :-)
>>>
>>> Nathan
>>>
>>> Nathan Wajsman
>>> Alicante, Spain
>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu
>> http://www.greatpix.eu
>> http://www.nathanfoto.com
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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