Can we see an example of a macro shot taken with this setup?

This isn't exactly so though because all RAW images do have to have a certain amount of processing to turn a monochrome chip covered by a Bayer mosaic into an approximation of a full colour image. Then of course this has to be converted into a recognisable format for Photoshop to deal with.

I'm guessing that in all these processes there is room for variation of quality of results.

If you miss it, make a report. How about the "users browsing this forum" as well?

I think we need a bit more info that that. If you take an image, regardless of what lens or accessory is on the camera, the image should be saved to the card. Have you formatted the card in this camera? Have you tried another card? These are probably the places to start.

Well it probably depends on all sorts of things such as the other equipment used, the subject, the technique, there are so many variables. All I can say is that I did do a test by shooting identical subjects, identically lit, tripod, etc., and had a very close look at the results. For me I saw the DNG and thought, "Ah, that's better." and that's as far as it went. So if I shoot RAW I shoot DNG.

Everyone who wants to establish this for themselves should do so for themselves and not rely on my conclusions or anyone elses. However, at least I've raised the question and it might well be worth a look.

As regards going from PEF to DNG and then onwards, I don't see the point either. Every conversion does introduce some error, albeit small, so the fewer steps the better is a good general principle.

I'm not well known for shooting RAW, but I do sometimes when testing things out for camera club talks. I ran a test of PEF vs DNG and I found a small but noticeable quality difference when processing the files through CS2.

I now use DNG when shooting RAW.

Light is everything and it could do with better light, but the chateau and the viewpoint are great.

It's actually a good magazine, lots of articles and colour images and very little space used up by advertising. I've been a subscriber for a very very long time....

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