Gene Posted July 10, 2014 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just used a Leica T to shoot some pictures with it set for both DNG and JPEG. When I downloaded the files to my computer, I found that none of the DNG files seem to be readable by any software I have. I am using an iMac with OS 10.9.4 and I have Capture One Pro 6, which I have been using for DNG files from my M8, but it won't read the DNGs from the T. I also have a Digilux 2, which uses a RAW format (not DNG), and I have been able to get C1 to read those by converting them to DNG using Adobe's DNG Converter app, but in the case of the T files, even after converting them (from one DNG to another version) C1 still can't read them. This is not a problem just for C1 either, since I've also tried Photoshop without success. I wonder what experience other users have had with T DNG files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Hi Gene, Take a look here T DNG files. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
algrove Posted July 10, 2014 Share #2 Posted July 10, 2014 Do you have an M240? Do the M240 files get recognized OK? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonner Posted July 10, 2014 Share #3 Posted July 10, 2014 Leica T DNG files can be read with the latest versions of Lightroom 5, Adobe Camera Raw (Photoshop), and Perfect Photo. I have used all on Mac OS X 10.9.x. Aperture, Capture One, and DXO do not currently support the Leica T DNG files. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barjohn Posted July 10, 2014 Share #4 Posted July 10, 2014 Add Iridient developer to the list that works just fine with T DNG files. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted July 10, 2014 Share #5 Posted July 10, 2014 First update your processing software. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papimuzo Posted July 10, 2014 Share #6 Posted July 10, 2014 just for Info: Capture One 7.2.2 doesn't yet recognize the T DNG in its profiles. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted July 10, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) No, I don't have an M240. I do have an M8, and none of my software ever had a problem recognizing its files. I would have thought that since DNG is supposed to be a universal standard, that any DNG file would be recognized (unlike the days when the Digilux 2 files were "RAW" and so they had to be converted using Adobe's DNG converter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 14, 2014 Share #8 Posted July 14, 2014 It isn’t so much the file format that matters but whether the camera is supported by the software. DNG Converter may be able to help but there is no guarantee that it does. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougg Posted July 15, 2014 Share #9 Posted July 15, 2014 ... I would have thought that since DNG is supposed to be a universal standard, that any DNG file would be recognized... Yes, I would think so too, and it is disturbing if a supposedly standard file format varies depending on the camera that produced it. It doesn't seem to matter what camera shot which JPEG file, as the usual JPEG variety is widely recognized. Should be the same for DNG... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjh Posted July 17, 2014 Share #10 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) Yes, I would think so too, and it is disturbing if a supposedly standard file format varies depending on the camera that produced it. It doesn't seem to matter what camera shot which JPEG file, as the usual JPEG variety is widely recognized. Should be the same for DNG... It is in the very nature of raw files that they contain device-dependent data; the specific file format doesn’t change that. The fact that DNG is flexible enough so the raw data of different camera models can be translated to this format without losing any information doesn’t imply that there could be a raw converter capable of dealing with each and every DNG file, regardless of the camera. What you are asking for isn’t something Adobe ever promised to deliver. Or to put it more simply: All raw data, in DNG or any other file format, is device-dependent data, so you need to know about the characteristics of the device to interpret it correctly. JPEG data is independent of the device; it doesn’t matter in the slightest which camera, scanner, or whatever was used in creating it. Edited July 17, 2014 by jaapv Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted July 26, 2014 Share #11 Posted July 26, 2014 Capture1 v7.2.3 does not support the Leica C raw files (.rwl) either... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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