The X100V has the option to automate this process, and my goodness, once you figure it out it’s brilliant. I’ve done this in the past with limited success, taking the shots individually and moving the focus point manually between shots – all a bit hit and miss (mostly miss!) I learned by chance that the X100V could do focus bracketing (ie taking several photos of a scene focussed at different distances, so they could be combined, or ‘stacked’) so the whole scene was in sharp focus. So it leaves me in a quandary – do I still need the A7C for ‘casual’ photography where a 35mm or so lens works for most shots, or is the smaller lighter X100V the way to go? (After all, I’ve also got a Sony A7iv and both zoom and prime lenses where I need flexibility, and that’s a much better option then than the A7C). So these became my start point, and only a modicum of tweaking was needed, both to the shots I left as mono, and the few that seemed to work better in colour. Wow! – what a difference, much brighter, sharper, and cleaner – noise, especially in the higher ISO shots was much better too. I had recently bought the DxO Pure RAW add-in, so as an experiment processed all the RAWs in that. Fortunately I always shoot with RAW enabled, and these files, although lacking ‘bite’ were much cleaner. Started processing them by loading the JPG simulated files into Lightroom, and have to say I wasnt that keen – they all looked a bit ‘muddy’ and the small amount of grain effect was rather noticeable. Seems like a reasonable and professional compromise, until DNG is included in all new camera models - but I think that's unlikely to ever happen.The half an hour I planned to spend wandering locally ran to almost two hours, and I took around 35 shots. Adobe still offers the free DNG conversion route. However, perpetual license holders who can't or won't upgrade are not left out in the cold. Does not affect Cloud members financially other than the inconvenience of downloading and installing the upgrade. This affects perpetual license holders who must sometimes pay to upgrade to get new camera support. What would you do in such a situation? Adobe has software to market and develop but they must keep supporting never ending new camera models (which refuse to include DNG) and issuing free updates to support them.Īdobe occasionally puts a halt on new camera support in Camera Raw and Lightroom (the X100F fell into this category for LR5 owners) so that a new version of Photoshop or Lightroom is required. Hence never ending Camera Raw and Lightroom updates. So every time a new camera enters the market, Adobe has to reverse engineer the Raw format and issue another update to support it. The manufacturers mostly ignored the DNG solution and insist on every new camera model having its own unique Raw format. And no need for consumers to forever update their software to read Raw files from new cameras. If Save to DNG format was included on digital cameras, there would be no need for software updates to read proprietary Raw formats. So Adobe created the DNG format and offered it freely to the camera manufacturers. Your sentiment is acknowledged but Adobe cops a lot of blame for what is essentially an issue created by the camera manufacturers.īack in the early 2000s, Adobe foresaw this situation of proprietary Raw files and software updates causing unnecessary grief for customers (and cost for Adobe, it must be said). I appreciate your help on this but find the unnecessary nuances around versions and upgrading somewhat unprofessional on Adobes part. I believe Adobe at this point has put me into checkmate, and I will have to hunt around for an alternative editor for my field editing, as I am not sure buying another Lightroom 6 license, where this might happen to me in the future is a good investment. I do own a lot of software and it it is only with Adobe that I have to depend on the good graces of people like you. I am not sure why they would impose a DNG conversion on Lightroom 5 but do it differently in Lightroom 6 seems rather odd to me. I don't want to go through a process of converting files as this is not an effective use of my time, and I am not completely happy with the way Lightroom sharpens the files, I would rather do that with one of my plug- ins that works more effectively. I have Lightroom 6 but the two licenses are engaged on other computers and I was hoping to use my version of 5 which I paid extra for as a travel license.
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