K5 PEF or DNG?
Posted 22/11/2010 - 15:03
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It probably makes no difference to the end result, but in terms of compatibility you've more or less answered the question already.
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Posted 22/11/2010 - 15:15
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Now the DNG files are a similar size to PEFs there seems little reason to switch.
When in-camera DNGs were so huge there was a good reason to shoot PEFS.
That said, if and when compatibility comes I'll probably give the PEFs a go .
When in-camera DNGs were so huge there was a good reason to shoot PEFS.
That said, if and when compatibility comes I'll probably give the PEFs a go .
Posted 22/11/2010 - 15:22
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I've stuck with DNG's over PEF's for a while now. Avoids any issues with future compatability...
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Posted 22/11/2010 - 15:24
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DNGs here. Can't see a reason to save as anything else.
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Posted 22/11/2010 - 18:23
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For long term archiving it is likely that DNG will become the de facto standard so I would stick with that.
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Posted 22/11/2010 - 20:16
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Everyones said it already really...I've never used anything but .DNG which makes more sense than .PEF to me
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 12:58
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Thanks for the replies Guys, I'll probably stick with DNG then! It's interesting, and partly why I begged the question, that when someone else asked this question when I got my K10D that the answer was firmly PEF - times change I guess! Thanks again,
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 13:13
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On the K10D, DNGs were hugely bigger than PEFs.
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 13:14
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I did DL Adobe's DNG prog, and briefly tried converting PEFs to compacted DNGs, but it was too much hassle.
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 13:15
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As on the K20.
Posted 23/11/2010 - 14:04
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The main reason given for .PEF was as George mentions...file size. Personally this seemed a bit of a non-issue - having spent £500+ on a DSLR body spending £20 on a decent 4GB memory card was pretty insignificant
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 14:09
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George Lazarette wrote:
I did DL Adobe's DNG prog, and briefly tried converting PEFs to compacted DNGs, but it was too much hassle.
Use Lightroom instead of Aperture, problem solved
I did DL Adobe's DNG prog, and briefly tried converting PEFs to compacted DNGs, but it was too much hassle.
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 14:16
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Anvh wrote:
George Lazarette wrote:
I did DL Adobe's DNG prog, and briefly tried converting PEFs to compacted DNGs, but it was too much hassle.
Use Lightroom instead of Aperture, problem solved I did DL Adobe's DNG prog, and briefly tried converting PEFs to compacted DNGs, but it was too much hassle.
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Posted 23/11/2010 - 14:22
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Come come Tim, can't you even tell i'm joking.
Normally I'm the one that miss the joke
Normally I'm the one that miss the joke
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