RAW vs DNG
Nov 22, 2012 22:41:50 #
Nov 22, 2012 23:20:59 #
Jer wrote:
Does anyone have any experience using Adobe's DNG format to save raw files?
Yep, I have Lightroom do this for my RAW files upon import.
Nov 23, 2012 02:12:03 #
Nov 23, 2012 06:09:34 #
dng is the raw format of my Pentax K30 no problems with any software yet. i have been using dng exclusively for more than four years and have not found any ssoftware that has a problem with it :thumbup:
Nov 23, 2012 06:26:01 #
Rumaweigh
Loc: Richmond VA USA
Pentax DSLR's can produce DNG's by default. I've used DNG through several models without problem, Since DNG tech specs are NOT proprietary--unlike many other raw formats--I expect DNG to be accessible for a long time.
Nov 23, 2012 07:16:28 #
Jer wrote:
Does anyone have any experience using Adobe's DNG format to save raw files?
Using DNG with Adobe works without a glitch. The advantage of DNG is that since it works with any RAW format.
Nov 23, 2012 07:34:00 #
What's the advantage of dng? I've got LR but import my camera's CR2 raw files fine.
Nov 23, 2012 08:10:09 #
Jer wrote:
Have you had any problems with it or any programs that use it.
No, but I'm only using CS5 and LR, and a few plug ins.
Nov 23, 2012 08:12:17 #
Rumaweigh wrote:
Since DNG tech specs are NOT proprietary--unlike many other raw formats--I expect DNG to be accessible for a long time.
:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Nov 23, 2012 08:57:34 #
redpepper wrote:
What's the advantage of dng? I've got LR but import my camera's CR2 raw files fine.
I have no experience with CR2 or NEF but I keep seeing posts about new camera CR2's not working with older software until an upgrade is available. Does this imply that the CR2 spec keeps changing? How will that effect future compatibilty for stored files and newer software, will it always support older versions? This is where dng is supposed to solve probleems.
Nov 23, 2012 10:21:54 #
like the man said dng is what you get when you set a pentax to raw.there are some editors that won't process it.if you use it make sure your editors will.
Nov 23, 2012 10:42:53 #
Nov 23, 2012 10:46:51 #
Jer wrote:
Does anyone have any experience using Adobe's DNG format to save raw files?
I use it for my RAW files from my Canon SX40.
The advantage for using DNG format RAW files is the format is more universal, more software to open them up. For example, the RAW files from my Canon 5D MK III require a later version of the Canon software or recent updates for PhotoShop CS6. At the office most people only have PhotoShop CS4 or CS5. I am faced with doing all the photo processing, or giving them the JPEG files, or simply converting them to the Adobe DNG format and letting them work with the files.
Nov 23, 2012 10:55:20 #
LensImages
Loc: Yorkshire UK
I suggest you have at the useful article
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html
which describes the benefits of the Digital Negative (DNG) format.
It was created so as to avoid manufacturer specific formats and has been adopted by most including Adobe who lead the image manipulation software field.
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html
which describes the benefits of the Digital Negative (DNG) format.
It was created so as to avoid manufacturer specific formats and has been adopted by most including Adobe who lead the image manipulation software field.
Nov 23, 2012 11:52:45 #
You still have to wait for your software to be able to read a raw file before you can convert.
I read the adobe link.
I'm just wondering how it works in actual practice. I read that it doesn't save some metadata but metadata is combined into the file so you don't have to worry about two files.
I read the adobe link.
I'm just wondering how it works in actual practice. I read that it doesn't save some metadata but metadata is combined into the file so you don't have to worry about two files.
LensImages wrote:
I suggest you have at the useful article
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html
which describes the benefits of the Digital Negative (DNG) format.
It was created so as to avoid manufacturer specific formats and has been adopted by most including Adobe who lead the image manipulation software field.
http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/photoshop/extend.displayTab2.html
which describes the benefits of the Digital Negative (DNG) format.
It was created so as to avoid manufacturer specific formats and has been adopted by most including Adobe who lead the image manipulation software field.
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