But in shooting the JPEGs you're throwing away a stop or so of dynamic
range. I'll continue to stick with raw.
Chuck Norcutt
Ken Norton wrote:
>> I moved to ACR very quickly because of the problems I had with Minolta
>> raw conversion software both Minolta and third party. ACR is much
>> easier to use and, frankly, does a better job. I don't see any need to
>> learn multiple apps when ACR is performing to my full satisfaction.
>>
>
>
> The Minolta software that came with the A1 was simply hideous on so many
> levels. However, it had two things going for it:
>
> First of all, the conversion engine and settings were absolutely identical
> to the in-camera processing engine. You could take a few RAW images, tweak
> them to your heart's desire and then assign those exact settings in the
> camera for future shots. With a modicum of effort, I was able to get
> in-camera images from the camera that simply rocked. However, there was
> that nasty USM sharpening halo that wrecked havoc with the files so you need
> to have sharpening turned completely off.
>
> Secondly, the colors of the Minolta software with the A1 were simply
> wonderful. I've praised the skintones of the E-1 to no end, but honestly,
> the A1 actually was a bit better.
>
> The biggest problem with the Minolta A1 files was lack of resolution. The
> Minolta algorithm produced soft files. Really soft files. Resolution topped
> out at maybe 3-4MP, not 5MP. Then came along RawShooter. RawShooter (and
> RawShooter Essentials) not only addressed the resolution problem, but gave
> highlight recovery capabilities yet unseen in any other converter. Then
> there was the noise-reduction capability in RawShooter which really, really
> worked great with the A1 files.
>
> I have yet to see any converter top RawShooter for the Minolta A1 files.
>
> That all said, you may find it entertaining that I rarely shoot RAW files in
> the Minolta A1 anymore. Why? Because I discovered that I could get the
> in-camera colors and contrasts right where I wanted them and when the
> sharpening is turned entirely off, the resulting JPEGs are extremely usable
> for post-processing. Inotherwords, if you get it right in-camera, you don't
> have to bit-bend later on. In PWP 5.0, I resize and sharpen, in Noiseware I
> remove the pattern and color noise. Resulting images are as good as 5MP
> could ever be and as long as my ISO isn't too high, the images simply
> outstanding.
>
> AG
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