K3 and Raw Files

DNG in the camera then download to Adobe. I'm also trying to learn LightRoom. CHEERS Vic.

I use DNG from the camera copied/saved to my HD and then imported from there into Lightroom 5. Works every time.
I am having trouble importing and therefore viewing the DNG files on my iPad Air as it doesn't seem to recognise the K3 file format.

Dave H

DNG to lightroom, everytime

DNG to Adobe Camera RAW, then into Photoshop. I always also use the second card for recording JPEG images, these are easier to sift through on my PC, as my copy of Adobe Bridge will not render the K-3 DNG's. Windows will display them, but colours are off. Once imported into ACR, everything is perfect.

Regards
David

When I put an sd card into the computer, lightroom automatically opens. And opens the import photos and videos module.

When someone inserts an sd card, a dialogue box comes up asking what you want the computer to do. Can't recall, but I reckon I must have set it to open lightroom everytime.

Alan
Lightroom defaults to open and ask to import from a SD card when inserted and can be turned off in preferences.
Windows will also ask what you wan to do unless you have already set an action for inserting a card.
It's better to copy the files from the card to hard drive and import from there, otherwise you only have the virtual versions Lightroom works on during processing.
Dave H

I use iMatch (www.photools.com), an image management programme, and I have stopped copying every photo from the cards to the computer now, it just wastes space and time ... iMatch will scan the folders on the SD card and display thumbnails of every shot - it displays the embedded jpeg, so there's no processing time involved, and also as I do try and set the camera up approximately for the shoot, then I'm seeing the shots near enough to what they should be looking like.

Then I just go through and choose the best ones, (thumbnails can be made bigger) then select in iMatch and drag across to the folder navigation tree display on the left, and drop the selection onto my main laptop folder for editing ('Pentax for Editing'). iMatch makes the copy action, then I can remove the card and use it more or format if I am finished with it.

Its worth mentioning that I never re-format an SD card until I have an additional backup of all the files just copied onto the computer - I do this with DVD discs and store them away securely.

http://tv.adobe.com/show/getting-started-with-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-5/
Try this site. I'm learning from it a bit at a time.
Ask the right question of the right people and you get the right answer.
CHEERS Vic.

Here's is a walkthrough from Adobe http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/importing-photos-lightroom-basic-workflow....

Dave H, when I import into lightroom from my sd card, Lightroom also saves the file to my hard drive as outlined in the above.

Paul, there are more features in the latest version of lightroom. Lightroom 4 is a big step up from version 3.Version 5 isn't such a big jump, although I think it supports later versions of Adobe Camera Raw

Thanks Alan
As I have always imported into Lightroom as previously described I obviously missed the file copying bit. It's how I used to do it before Lightroom and just kept with the same process.
Curry's are selling Lightroom 5 for about £59.99 by the way.
Dave H