Candace Lemarr wrote:
> Jim,
> I feel your pain. I am in the same conundrum as you find yourself in,
> only I am trying to find a RAW converter *that I like* for my E-30
> files.
> You have written most of my frustration. I am currently toying with
> LightRoom 3.0 beta. I really miss the simplicity and ease of ACR, but
> I have CS3, and it does not support the E-30.
> It is more than a little bit maddening to purchase a new camera and
> then find that there isn't an acceptable way to use the RAW file
> without spending a chunk of change. So then I resign myself to the
> fact that I will have to spend a pretty penny for software that will
> develop the ORF file, only to find that I don't care for all the
> programs I have tried. One might have great color (Olympus Master,
> Olympus Studio), but take forever to use. Other programs take so long
> to learn, are expensive, and still don't process to my satisfaction.
> All these time wasters really annoy me.
> I have no solutions to offer you, just want to commiserate with you. I
> would love to know what you end up going with and how it works for
> you.
>
Maybe I'm missing or misunderstanding something here as I only deal with
raw film scans. But I assume digicam raw files are similar though
written in camera specific formats. If not, set me straight.
I'd also assume "raw conversion" for a digicam would mean converting the
format into a general image format, e.g. tiff, so that it could be
processed in your editor of choice where you could judge and tweak
histogram expansion, color correction, etc. to your liking (or determine
a standard set of parameters to be applied by the raw converter program).
If my "assumes" are correct, what could be simpler or cheaper than using
(ImageMagick) convert or dcraw via the command line or via a "send-to"
batch file as Moose suggested and provided. (If you need any help
writing other batch files to do the job, I and not doubt many others
here would be glad to help.)
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Russ Butler (NJ USA)
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