2009/1/18 Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Agreed. I'm very tempted to elaborate on this but I think I'd better back
> > off.... Maybe old silver nose can stick his neck out and do that... :)
>
>
>
> Yes, I know I'm going to get slapped around for my comment. Yet, I don't
> understand this thinking that we can't get it right "in camera" and we have
> to post-process everything. The defense is usually something along the
> lines of "I'm smarter than the engineering teams that spent years
> perfecting
> the technology". But this isn't anything new--we've been doing stupid
> things like over-exposing and under developing B&W films for years because
> Kodak, Fuji, Ilford and Agfa engineers are all idiots.
>
> A case in point is converting raw files to 16-bit and then having to
> reconvert to 8-bit when all you're doing is minor contrast, WB and
> saturation adjustment in an editor. It makes no sense because if the raw
> converter allows you to do these things during the conversion process, it
> is
> doing so in 16-bit mode already and only writing the final processed file
> in
> 8-bit. If your converter is processing in 8-bit, then you need a better
> raw
> converter.
>
> AG
> --
I'm in the bomb shelter now. Good luck bud. Nice knowing you. Just as well
I'm in Japan right now. :)
K.
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