Brian,
If you can obtain PhotoShop Elements 6.0 or later, you can handle ORF files
with no problem. I set my E-510 to make small jpg files as well as RAW, and
use the jpg files to get a rough look at the results. I then select the
better ORF files individually and polish them up in the RAW processor before
moving them into the PSE editor for final work. It takes a few tries to see
which settings you wish to work with, but it all goes pretty smoothly.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM) OM film prints versus E-510 screen images
> Chuck wrote
>
>> I don't agree with your conclusion about digital and backlit vegetation.
>> But you must recognize that (unlike negative film) digital is totally
>> unforgiving about overexposure. It's much more like shooting slide film
>> in that respect. Pay careful attention to the RGB histogram and, if
>> shooting JPEG, don't let any color channel bump up against the right hand
>> edge. Shooting raw will give you some more leeway but, even then,
>> caution
>> and post-processing for highlight recovery will be required.
>
> Yes I agree with the observation that digital is rather like using slide
> film.
>
> Funny thing, I never use the histogram facility.
>
> Sometimes if I think the balance of light and dark needs special
> management, I will take the exposure reading from what I guess is an OK
> midpoint, but seldom do more than that.
>
> I doubt that there was anything I could do to get that trellis apricot (
> formerly
> called apple) shot in good condition with digital; when you look closely
> there
> is so much wrong with it if you want to be fussy.
>
> For a while after seeing this result, I DID shoot some RAW + JPG in these
> sorts of conditions.
> I noticed that when opened with Fast-stone, the two versions of each one
> shot looked quite different.
> Then I discovered that none of the programs I have recognise (or do
> anything with) ORF files; not even Raw Therapee; so I gave up the game as
> a bad job since it was using up a ridiculous amount of disk space.
>
> I am away from home at the moment and it will be a few days before I can
> scan and display the Fuji Superia Reala 100 asa equivalent shots. It will
> be
> interesting to see how that little exercise goes. I have to brave snow and
> icy
> roads to get home ...
>
> Not to forget I am fed up with being cold much of the time ... 5 days off
> the
> shortest day here.
>
> Cheers, Brian
>
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