For our E-500, C-5060, and N*kon D200, we still use raw Shooter
essentials though I occasionally toy with Raw Therapee
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Candace Lemarr wrote:
> Jim,
> I feel your pain. I am in the same conundrum as you find yourself in,
> only I am trying to find a RAW converter *that I like* for my E-30
> files.
> You have written most of my frustration. I am currently toying with
> LightRoom 3.0 beta. I really miss the simplicity and ease of ACR, but
> I have CS3, and it does not support the E-30.
> It is more than a little bit maddening to purchase a new camera and
> then find that there isn't an acceptable way to use the RAW file
> without spending a chunk of change. So then I resign myself to the
> fact that I will have to spend a pretty penny for software that will
> develop the ORF file, only to find that I don't care for all the
> programs I have tried. One might have great color (Olympus Master,
> Olympus Studio), but take forever to use. Other programs take so long
> to learn, are expensive, and still don't process to my satisfaction.
> All these time wasters really annoy me.
> I have no solutions to offer you, just want to commiserate with you. I
> would love to know what you end up going with and how it works for
> you.
>
> Candace
>
> Jim Couch wrote:
>
> OK, I toned down the title of this post from the language i was
> originally going to use. I can't believe how bad some of this stuff is
> though!
>
> After spending most of last summer shooting film (for a number of
> primarily 'practical' reasons) i have once again jumped into the world
> of digital capture. Having recently picked up an E-620 I have been
> looking at raw converters. I had forgotten how much I really dislike the
> digital 'darkroom' experience. I now remember why!
>
> I have been downloading and evaluating Windows raw conversion software.
> By and large this is some of the WORST software I have used!
>
> Of the ten or so packages I have played with two won't run reliably on
> any of the three machines I have tried, two will only run on one or two
> of the machines, most are incredible resource hogs, and most of them
> have terrible interfaces. On two of the software packages I could not
> figure how to save a file to disk without resorting to the manual! On
> one package, even the manual did not help - I never could get a file
> saved to disk! Most of the packages are not content with save as an
> option - it has to be output, export, or some other conceited, obscure,
> and overblown phrase. I suppose it is some way appropriate to the
> software which is much the same!
>
> Who comes up with this stuff? People really spend hundreds of dollars on
> some of this stuff? Amazing! It's not like I am computer illiterate by
> any means. I do all of the "IT" stuff on our three machine network at
> work. I know my way around both Windows & Mac machines. I am the person
> that most of my friends & family rely on when they have computer
> problems. If it is this difficult for me, what do people with no
> computer skills do!?!
>
> I'll be OK, really, I think I will make a cup of coffee and go shoot
> some film. Besides, I have a whole bottle of Vicodin left over from a
> recent gallstone episode, maybe I'll try a couple of those before
> downloading anymore photo software.
>
> Jim Couch
>
>
>
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