Joel, you might like to take note of my post a few hours back re
Olympus Studio for a price lower than Sagelight or Aftershot. Or
anything else. USD0!
Piers
On 27/01/2012, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ha! That's cutting the gordian knot!
>
> The problem is the backlog of ORFs that, until yesterday, I was excited
> about cranking through Sagelight.
>
> I have to keep in mind as well that what I am seeing spoils the
> comparison at pixel-peeping proportions only. A file that size would
> produce a print about 4x larger than I have the equipment to produce,
> and the print probably wouldn't be accurate enough to show the
> difference. Time to chill on it and keep things in perspective.
>
> Joel W.
>
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Simple solution. Use only the Canaan from now on.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 1/27/2012 9:38 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> > Yes, quite wrong. ACR can't match Studio color rendition, which I
>> > interpret to be what Olympus designed the camera for. This is my
>> > biggest beef with DeepPeeve when they review Olympus raw files. Can't
>> > be bothered to load up Studio. I have Elements 8.0 and use it as a
>> > fallback when I want to see how ACR does with an image (just about
>> > never).
>> >
>> > Joel W.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012, at 09:10 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> >> Anything wrong with using ACR for ORF conversions? You can get ACR as
>> >> part of PhotoShop Elements for under $80 if you look around. Since I'm
>> >> no longer doing portraits and swapping heads, etc. I do the majority of
>> >> my work these days in ACR.
>> >>
>> >> Cbuck Norcutt
>> >>
>> >> On 1/27/2012 7:53 AM, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>> >>> Other than that, how'd you like Aftershot, Chuck?
>> >>>
>> >>> Has anyone compared an Aftershot raw conversion of an ORF at 100% with
>> >>> one done in Studio?
>> >>>
>> >>> I still might buy Sagelight, as I think it is fine for Canaan raw
>> >>> conversions, but I still have to convert ORFs with Studio. It's no
>> >>> surprise that things like this work well for Canaan just because of
>> >>> their penetration. One of my gripes with reviews of the E cameras is
>> >>> that they usually use a third-party SW for raw conversion, and why
>> >>> shouldn't they when it works just fine for C cameras? I keep
>> >>> forgetting
>> >>> the fact, only to rediscover it when I "go to strangers."
>> >>>
>> >>> Joel W.
>> >
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