Lightroom Import ? Have listened to many lightroom videos on u-tube on set up preferences and on importing images. 50% of the u-tube experts say to import images from mem card etc.

redfordl Loc: Carver,Ma.

Have listened to many lightroom videos on u-tube on set up preferences and on importing images. 50% of the u-tube experts say to import images from mem card etc. using Copy as DNg and the others say to just use Copy? I have a canon eos rebel camera so my raw images are in cr2 format. What is the opinion of my uhher"s Lightroom experts on this procedure. If you use copy as dng tell me why this is an advantage? Thanks for your help!!

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

redfordl wrote:

Have listened to many lightroom videos on u-tube on set up preferences and on importing images. 50% of the u-tube experts say to import images from mem card etc. using Copy as DNg and the others say to just use Copy? I have a canon eos rebel camera so my raw images are in cr2 format. What is the opinion of my uhher"s Lightroom experts on this procedure. If you use copy as dng tell me why this is an advantage? Thanks for your help!!

Either way is fine. it makes no difference except for archival purposes.

Neilp Loc: Jersey, C.I.

I just copy as they are and convert to DNG if needed ...say for something like LRTimelapse.

JeffT Loc: Central NY

DNG have a couple of advantages. First there is some lossless compression assigned so pictures are a bit smaller than CR2 files. Second, metadata can be embedded directly in the DNG as opposed to in a sidecar (XMP) file. This is handy in that the there is only one file to deal with if you want to share the DNG with another Lightroom user. Whether these are reason enough to use DNG is up to the user. DNG was supposed to be a "universal" format, but for Canon and Nikon raw files it is questionable whether a universal format is truly needed. If I had a less popular brand of camera with its own proprietary format, I would be more inclined to convert to DNG for future use as software evolves.

redpepper Loc: Central NY

I copy but not to dng. My raws from my canon 60D stay cr2 in the program's default colorspace. Dng is just for archival purposes where it is a universal interface for future programs.

davidcaley Loc: Utah

Neilp wrote:

I just copy as they are and convert to DNG if needed ...say for something like LRTimelapse.

What do you mean by LRTimelapse? cannot find such a thing

oldtool2 Loc: South Jersey

redfordl wrote:

Have listened to many lightroom videos on u-tube on set up preferences and on importing images. 50% of the u-tube experts say to import images from mem card etc. using Copy as DNg and the others say to just use Copy? I have a canon eos rebel camera so my raw images are in cr2 format. What is the opinion of my uhher"s Lightroom experts on this procedure. If you use copy as dng tell me why this is an advantage? Thanks for your help!!

I don't use either, I only use "add' and have never had a problem.

Jim D

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

JeffT wrote:

DNG have a couple of advantages. First there is so... (show quote)

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deej

davidcaley wrote:

What do you mean by LRTimelapse? cannot find such a thing

http://download.cnet.com/LRTimelapse/3000-2191_4-75915573.html

Neilp Loc: Jersey, C.I.

http://lrtimelapse.com/

pigpen

oldtool2 wrote:

I don't use either, I only use "add' and have never had a problem.

Jim D

I also use add. I download my images to an EHD, then import only the ones I want to process into LR4. After adjusting my image, I save as a TIF, then again as a JPEG. JPEGs are for web, e-mails, etc... Unlike DNG, I can use my TIF in any program I want to in the future.

Nate Loc: Ann Arbor, Mi.

It's a good queston which receives too little attention. Vincent Versace has a very recent 250pp book out, Almost Every Black And White Conversion Technique Known to Man. I work mainly in B&W, the best B&W usually starts with a fine color image, so what he has to say applies as well to color...if we are talking about RAW here. Furthermore, it is as thorough a treatment of conversion techniques as youll find, in my view. Its difficult to slog through, but his conclusion is the same that I have concluded through trial and error learning, namely, LRs dng does less violence and unneeded toying with the RAW pixels.(Color jpeg download, probably best to use PS---it kicks up luminescence.)

marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL

redfordl wrote:

Have listened to many lightroom videos on u-tube on set up preferences and on importing images. 50% of the u-tube experts say to import images from mem card etc. using Copy as DNg and the others say to just use Copy? I have a canon eos rebel camera so my raw images are in cr2 format. What is the opinion of my uhher"s Lightroom experts on this procedure. If you use copy as dng tell me why this is an advantage? Thanks for your help!!

If your version of Lightroom accepts your cr2 files, just import them as is. DNG was the predecessor to proprietary RAW formats so it is more universal but converting has no advantage if your version of LR can import your Canon files as is.