DMR files RAW conversion

[bcorton]

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Back in the day when the DMR was in production, Imacon's own FlexColor was the best RAW processor for the DMR's .dng files—or, at least far better than anything else I tried.  I still like using the DMR, and I still have an older MAC running FlexColor (pre-intel machine, OS 4.11), but I so rarely fire it up.

 

But much has changed.  Does anyone feel like other RAW processors have caught up?  What are y'all using for your DMR shots?

 

Thanks,

Brent

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[bcorton]

I withdraw my question.

 

Actually yesterday, I tried a little experiment.  I opened the same DMR file in FlexColor, Lightroom, and Iridient Developer with the intent to see how each developer would render the file with only automatic corrections.  Conclusion: there is no reason to use FlexColor over a current raw developer.  Highlights were even better controlled in the current developers than in FlexColor.  (Note: there may have been less magenta fringing in the FlexColor processing, but the results were inconclusive, as that rendering was a darker image.)

 

There it is, for what it's worth.

Brent 

Edited July 8, 2018 by bcorton

[jip]

I use the latest and current Lightroom software. Works great even on old RAW files from my DM-R.

[bcorton]

I use the latest and current Lightroom software. Works great even on old RAW files from my DM-R.

 

Quite!