kepstein Posted September 15, 2006 Share #1 Posted September 15, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Is there Macintosh software for processing the RAW files? Thanks, Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 15, 2006 Posted September 15, 2006 Hi kepstein, Take a look here M8 and bundled software (Macintosh?). I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Guest guy_mancuso Posted September 15, 2006 Share #2 Posted September 15, 2006 Ken, Capture One LE comes with the camera and the profile for the M8 also does. Plus there is a digital capture software also FREE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipNovaMac Posted September 15, 2006 Share #3 Posted September 15, 2006 IMO Leica has scored points as being the first to use the RAW DNG format from Adobe. This provides some comfort in knowing that our RAW files can be supported long term. And given that Leica is using the Adobe RAW DNG format, one can assume that all Adobe products will support the new M8. The shame of this RAW DNG format is that for the likes of the D-Lux 3; Leica is sticking with the Panasonic RAW format, same with the new Digilux 3.. This is sad from the point that Leica should have a unified RAW format regardless of the digital class of camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosuna Posted September 15, 2006 Share #4 Posted September 15, 2006 The shame of this RAW DNG format is that for the likes of the D-Lux 3; Leica is sticking with the Panasonic RAW format, same with the new Digilux 3.. This is sad from the point that Leica should have a unified RAW format regardless of the digital class of camera. I agree, and I suppose the firmware could be tweaked to do this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kepstein Posted September 16, 2006 Author Share #5 Posted September 16, 2006 IMO Leica has scored points as being the first to use the RAW DNG format from Adobe. This provides some comfort in knowing that our RAW files can be supported long term. My understanding is that even though a file is DNG, the software must still be able to work with the RAW format as well (i.e. DNG is just an envelope for the RAW file). Apple Aperture software will not work with my RD-1 RAW files after being converted to DNG. Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted September 16, 2006 Share #6 Posted September 16, 2006 IMO Leica has scored points as being the first to use the RAW DNG format from Adobe. This provides some comfort in knowing that our RAW files can be supported long term. And given that Leica is using the Adobe RAW DNG format, one can assume that all Adobe products will support the new M8. The shame of this RAW DNG format is that for the likes of the D-Lux 3; Leica is sticking with the Panasonic RAW format, same with the new Digilux 3.. This is sad from the point that Leica should have a unified RAW format regardless of the digital class of camera. Unfortunately, there’s a prevailing misperception about what DNG is and it’s benefits. DNG is not the answer to an open, universal or unified RAW format. This is a myth. As I currently understand it, DNG files are wrapper files that contain separate components. One for RAW image data and another for details specific to the camera itself which is needed to conduct a RAW conversion. This second bit of information is usually proprietary. That is why Aperture and all other RAW developer applications, that offer DNG support, also need to understand a camera’s proprietary information in order to open a DNG version of an image from said camera. The illusion stems for the fact that Adobe does a very good job at supporting the proprietary RAW files from the broadest range of cameras, in the first place, and thus by default enables the support of DNG files from these cameras. Even Rawshooter notes on there supported camera list which DNG files are supported and which are not. I know that this may fly in the face of conventual perception of what DNG is and the associative benefits, but this is the information I have come across in attempting to thoroughly investigate the issue. A simple Google search will turn up a lot of information about this issue. Another good place to learn more is at the OpenRAW website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghindle Posted September 18, 2006 Share #7 Posted September 18, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Phase one are advertising 3.7.5 as being M8 compatible today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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