RawTherapee works ok with my E-510 images, perhaps you have an old version ?
...Wayne
Wayne Harridge
http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, 16 June 2009 5:31 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM) OM film prints versus E-510 screen images
>
> Chuck wrote
>
> > I don't agree with your conclusion about digital and backlit
> vegetation.
> > But you must recognize that (unlike negative film) digital is
> totally
> > unforgiving about overexposure. It's much more like shooting slide
> film
> > in that respect. Pay careful attention to the RGB histogram and, if
> > shooting JPEG, don't let any color channel bump up against the right
> hand
> > edge. Shooting raw will give you some more leeway but, even then,
> caution
> > and post-processing for highlight recovery will be required.
>
> Yes I agree with the observation that digital is rather like using
> slide film.
>
> Funny thing, I never use the histogram facility.
>
> Sometimes if I think the balance of light and dark needs special
> management, I will take the exposure reading from what I guess is an OK
> midpoint, but seldom do more than that.
>
> I doubt that there was anything I could do to get that trellis apricot
> ( formerly
> called apple) shot in good condition with digital; when you look
> closely there
> is so much wrong with it if you want to be fussy.
>
> For a while after seeing this result, I DID shoot some RAW + JPG in
> these
> sorts of conditions.
> I noticed that when opened with Fast-stone, the two versions of each
> one
> shot looked quite different.
> Then I discovered that none of the programs I have recognise (or do
> anything with) ORF files; not even Raw Therapee; so I gave up the game
> as
> a bad job since it was using up a ridiculous amount of disk space.
>
> I am away from home at the moment and it will be a few days before I
> can
> scan and display the Fuji Superia Reala 100 asa equivalent shots. It
> will be
> interesting to see how that little exercise goes. I have to brave snow
> and icy
> roads to get home ...
>
> Not to forget I am fed up with being cold much of the time ... 5 days
> off the
> shortest day here.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
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