dealing with lots of M9 pictures effortlessly

[geesbert]

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I am using the M9 more and more for professional shootings, so usually I end up with 1000 or more pictures. As there is no tethering option and I must review the images during the shoot on a computer, the smallness of the build-in jpgs of the DNGs makes it necessary to render the DNG first, which takes way too long. Shooting JPGS and DNG is also not really an option, as it slows down the camera too much a I keep on hitting the buffer.

 

With my Canon I can use PhotoMechanics to extract the jpgs from the Raws in a few seconds, which are big enough to see wether I got what we need.

 

Is there a way to render the DNGs quicker, I don't care about color at this stage, just framing and sharpness.

 

I am using a top spec macbook pro or a fast iMAC on my sets, so processing speed should suffice

 

stefan

[jaapv]

Stefan, can't you just shoot DNG+jpg?

[Jeff S]

Not practical for him...last sentence of first paragraph (perhaps he edited after your post).

 

Jeff

[zlatkob]

With my Canon I can use PhotoMechanics to extract the jpgs from the Raws in a few seconds, which are big enough to see wether I got what we need.

 

I use Photo Mechanic too. It will work fine for M9 Raw photos if you go into the RAW tab in the Preferences and:

- check "Enable RAW Rendering (using Apple's ImageIO)"

- set "For RAW only:" to "Render RAW for Preview if possible"

 

The first image will take a few seconds to render, but then Photo Mechanic will start rendering the subsequent images in the background, which is very nice. So you can go forward through the pics in the full screen view with little or no delay. If you go backwards, it can slow down again, but is still useable.

 

By the way, you must use a recent version of Photo Mechanic. Earlier versions won't do it with M9 files.

 

Leica would solve this problem by including a large jpeg preview inside the Raw file, as Canon does. Then Photo Mechanic could view the images at full screen size without any need to render Raw.

[jaapv]

Not practical for him...last sentence of first paragraph (perhaps he edited after your post).

 

Jeff

No I just missed it.

[Double Negative]

I use Adobe Bridge. No need to "import" into a "library" or any of that, as with Lightroom or Aperture. I can browse any folder directly and preview the images - where I'll usually tag them for easy identification later for post-processing or just outright delete the fails.

[Jamie Roberts]

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Just use Capture One and let it sit for a few seconds. On a reasonably fast system, it won't take long for it to render 1000 DNGs as something you can work with, and then something you can render.

 

V6 Pro has lots of tools for marking, prioritizing and editing selections too. I used to use Photomechanic and Breezebrowser for that stuff, but C1 6 has completely replaced those utilities for me.

[sblitz]

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