dfarkas Posted April 30, 2010 Share #21 Posted April 30, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Ed, if you open it in a text editor it looks like a bona fide icc profile. I've copied it to (my local) ~/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/LeicaR8-S2.icc and C1 seems to be happy with that. Yes, it is an ICC profile. In my computer it shows with a .icc extension when I go to download the file. Have you tried the profile on your S2 files yet? The biggest difference should be in blue skies. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Constable Posted April 30, 2010 Share #22 Posted April 30, 2010 David, Sorry ... I was tied up in appointments committee! I just tried it. It looks very good indeed. As you say, skies look very good. I have only a few files with me on the laptop but will try more later. Cheers Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c6gowin Posted May 5, 2010 Share #23 Posted May 5, 2010 Adobe Camera Raw works pretty well. The attached test photograph has minor adjustments only, and I feel that the color and skin tones are decent. Obviously a lot of detail is lost in downrezzing. Thank you, Arif I don't know how I missed this photo. Good job Arif. The colors look good to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Sadov Posted May 12, 2010 Share #24 Posted May 12, 2010 Hasselblad is going to make Phocus 2.5 available on May 19. It will include support for non-Hassy RAW files. Leica is mentioned in the press release. There is a chance this might prove to be a decent solution. At least it may be something worth trying. And it is free Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted May 12, 2010 Share #25 Posted May 12, 2010 Hasselblad is going to make Phocus 2.5 available on May 19. It will include support for non-Hassy RAW files. Including the DMR's DNG files? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Sadov Posted May 12, 2010 Share #26 Posted May 12, 2010 Doug, I'll let you know next week: I am going to try it for both M9 and S2 DNGs. Just having read the press release, I can only speculate at this point, but it seems that if DMR DNGs are readable by Mac OSX/Aperture, they should be supported in the new Phocus too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfarkas Posted May 13, 2010 Share #27 Posted May 13, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Including the DMR's DNG files? Doug, My understanding is that Phocus will be using the RAW codecs from OSX, meaning two things: No support for Windows users The conversions might look an awful lot like Aperture conversions, which use the same codecs from the OS. I could be wrong here, but if the support/algorithms were inherent in the s/w it would work on Mac and PC, not just on Mac. I guess we'll see. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildlightphoto Posted May 13, 2010 Share #28 Posted May 13, 2010 My understanding is that Phocus will be using the RAW codecs from OSX, meaning two things: No support for Windows users The conversions might look an awful lot like Aperture conversions, which use the same codecs from the OS. I could be wrong here, but if the support/algorithms were inherent in the s/w it would work on Mac and PC, not just on Mac. Thanks David. I'm on a Mac so a lack of support for Windows users isn't a problem for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 13, 2010 Share #29 Posted May 13, 2010 If you go to the Hasselblad page Hasselblad releases new Phocus 2.5 featuring extended third party file support, a link takes you through to Apple's Aperture support page, with its list of supported files. Although the DMR isn't listed, Aperture 3, running on 10.6.x definitely does read DMR files properly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 13, 2010 Share #30 Posted May 13, 2010 If you go to the Hasselblad page Hasselblad releases new Phocus 2.5 featuring extended third party file support, a link takes you through to Apple's Aperture support page, with its list of supported files As mentioned earlier that's probably because the software will use the OS X inbuilt RAW support. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 13, 2010 Share #31 Posted May 13, 2010 It does. It relies on the Core Services built into OSX. That's why they can't offer a Windows version, becuase Windows doesn't have such functionality. I will download it next week and see how it looks. I played around with an earlier version that was available for the DMR, but it was pretty hard going when compared to the alternatives. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted May 13, 2010 Share #32 Posted May 13, 2010 Andy, hard gong in what way? Having to jump through hoops to get it to do what you wanted? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted May 13, 2010 Share #33 Posted May 13, 2010 From memory, it was very unituitive and wouldn't export a tiff or psd. It uses a .fff format, whereby the files can't be opened in PS and even finding where they'd been saved was a trial. Others have found it very good, but maybe they have had the time to invest in understanding how it works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolo Posted May 15, 2010 Share #34 Posted May 15, 2010 Others have found it very good, but maybe they have had the time to invest in understanding how it works. Just familiarity, Andy. It's an excellent piece of software. I thoroughly enjoyed using it for the CFV. Later versions are first class and very flexible. Adobe are deeply involved in the development, hence the restrictions on the files/makes it can be used with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constable Posted May 19, 2010 Share #35 Posted May 19, 2010 At the very least, Phocus 2.5 opens S2 DNG files. I've done nothing more. The interface looks quite famiilar to anyone who uses C1, Lightroom or Bibble More later Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Sadov Posted May 20, 2010 Share #36 Posted May 20, 2010 Yea, it works. It seems that what it does is the raw conversion using some pre-set defaults and then lets you adjust the resulting TIFF. For a quick job the results are actually quite nice and IMHO better than the default profile conversions with LR. But with the proper Passportization, LR does a better job plus it provides more controls over raw conversion such as highlights recovery. The latter is particularly important with S2 that tends to overexpose like crazy. For Hasselblad files, Phocus is truly excellent for dealing with moire. Needless to say, this function is not available for Leica. No lens corrections either but we know that S2 lenses are so perfect they do not need no stinking corrections, right? We are getting what we have paid for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likaleica Posted June 16, 2010 Share #37 Posted June 16, 2010 Adobe Camera Raw works pretty well. The attached test photograph has minor adjustments only, and I feel that the color and skin tones are decent. Obviously a lot of detail is lost in downrezzing. Thank you, Arif Beautiful woman. Beautiful photograph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogopix Posted June 19, 2010 Share #38 Posted June 19, 2010 Yes, it is an ICC profile. In my computer it shows with a .icc extension when I go to download the file. Have you tried the profile on your S2 files yet? The biggest difference should be in blue skies. David Right Also, in C1 you can build on David's profile to create different styles, and maybe eaven adjust for the kind of shooting you do. They had taken some flexibility out of C1 from 3 to 4, but 5 actually makes it easy to create profiles/styles /looks etc. One of the things I believe is possible is to also have lens corrections plus thye camera settings. That could REALLY be neat for the Leica lenses, and say the Hasselblade V lenses. I think this whole processing issue will drift away. Oh and one other point; there is a lot that can be done in FIRMWARE that woulod perhaps mmake generic DNG raw converters work better with S2 files. I imagine Leica will be working that aspect as well regads Victor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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