kcnarf Posted January 16, 2011 Share #1 Posted January 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Much criticized Ken Rockwell has constantly written that he loves most everything about the M9 except its DNG color. Even though he prefers to shoot in JPG, he says that he would be quite willing to shoot with the M9's DNG if he could thereby find a PP remedy for the its allegedly poor rendering of colors. On 1/7/11, he wrote that after seeing "some great images from Leica's M9 as processed through Aperture 3," he downloaded it's latest version for trial. But that version, he claims, can read only M9 DNGs shot prior to his installed M9 firmware 1.138: "This compatibility baloney always haunts raw shooters, which is just one of innumerable reasons I prefer JPG. It's just that I'd love to figure out how to get a good picture out of the M9.As we say in real estate when trying to sell an awful house, the M9 'has great potential.' " Anyone's observations, comments, lines of thought? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jamie Roberts Posted January 16, 2011 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2011 Yes, he could just ask here at the forum. There are other options than Aperture for the M9. I've never had a raw program compatibility issue in my life. So he must be very unlucky, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 16, 2011 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2011 Sounds like complete tosh to me. No one here has ever mentioned that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 16, 2011 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2011 Ken Rockwell has't got the foggiest notion of postprocessing...Anybody proclaiming himself a photographic internet guru and then demonstrating his incompetence by blaming his tools for an inability to set up a decent raw workflow deserves everything he gets imo.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coup de foudre Posted January 16, 2011 Share #5 Posted January 16, 2011 poppycock! i can read M9 DNGs in Aperture and the camera is updated to 1.138. easy-peasy! methinks M. Rockwell shoots JPEG because he doesn't understand how to use a computer... and who is full of baloney? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybarton Posted January 16, 2011 Share #6 Posted January 16, 2011 ...deserves everything he gets imo.... Sounds like he earns a living out of this nonsense. More fool the people that send him money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 16, 2011 Share #7 Posted January 16, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, jester used to be a respectable profession Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
k-hawinkler Posted January 17, 2011 Share #8 Posted January 17, 2011 Well, jester used to be a respectable profession I wonder who assumes this role today? Jester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washington Posted January 17, 2011 Share #9 Posted January 17, 2011 jappv, And it still is from what I gather. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsa212 Posted January 17, 2011 Share #10 Posted January 17, 2011 I use Aperture 3 and I can download dng files from my brand new M9 which has the latest firmware. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusted Chrome Posted January 17, 2011 Share #11 Posted January 17, 2011 Rockwell's ratio of garbage to useful info is about 100:1 If i actually admired his photographic abilities, I'd be willing to put up with the garbage but the majority of his photos are of the "snapshot" variety so it's no wonder he wants the camera to do all the work for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRJR Posted January 17, 2011 Share #12 Posted January 17, 2011 Rockwell's ratio of garbage to useful info is about 100:1If i actually admired his photographic abilities, I'd be willing to put up with the garbage but the majority of his photos are of the "snapshot" variety so it's no wonder he wants the camera to do all the work for him. Even so, the "Leica" Reviews section of his web site is consistently growing; and, this is more than I can say for any other online site. IMO, it's especially refreshing, coming from a renown professional photographer/research engineer/educator, that is not a "fanboy" of any particular camera brand or company. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSL Posted January 17, 2011 Share #13 Posted January 17, 2011 Rockwell's photography may leave something to be desired, but he's practically the only reviewer out there who tells people the truth about cameras: that a good picture is made by a good photographer, not by any particular camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicoleica Posted January 17, 2011 Share #14 Posted January 17, 2011 Rockwell's photography may leave something to be desired, but he's practically the only reviewer out there who tells people the truth about cameras: that a good picture is made by a good photographer, not by any particular camera. Rats! I knew that I was missing something. I suppose I'd better go out and buy a good photographer to go with my camera. (And, NO, I'm NOT going to ask where I can get one with a red dot!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicaBraz Posted January 17, 2011 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2011 Good photographers are not for sale.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSL Posted January 17, 2011 Share #16 Posted January 17, 2011 No, But Nicole could rent one. The ones for rent are called "professionals." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coup de foudre Posted January 17, 2011 Share #17 Posted January 17, 2011 No, But Nicole could rent one. The ones for rent are called "professionals." she was talking about a good one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSL Posted January 17, 2011 Share #18 Posted January 17, 2011 That's a little harder. Probably not the guy downtown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmond_terakopian Posted January 17, 2011 Share #19 Posted January 17, 2011 I too have never had a problem processing RAWs in Aperture, on either M9 firmware. Me thinks that chap Rockwell is mistaken! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted January 18, 2011 Share #20 Posted January 18, 2011 isnt rockwell the guy that praised the m9 early but in a christmas blog noted that the iphone did better at capturing white balance than the m9. given that and his praises for all things nikon, i wonder whether his critical drift follows the direction of gifts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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