Interesting. I am on my second Epsom printer and have the same problem - prints a bit dark - I then have to lighten the photo to get a decent print.

This may sound daft but is it anything to do with the angle you view your monitor - especially on a laptop? Depending whether the monitor is at a sloping forward or sloping backward angle the picture lightens/darkens. Or at least that's my experience. So when editing a photo it could be important, from a brightness point of view, what angle you are viewing the photo. Is there a correct angle for viewing so that you get the correct print?

As I said it sounds a bit daft - but I've often pondered about this - nows my opportunity to ask. Any advice/help would be appreciated.

Cheers...John

I too was getting date folders on my K5 - I've changed the folder preference as suggested - thanks for the tip John.
There's so much to take in now on a DSLR and I'm sure most of us don't use half of the available adjustments and settings!!!

Cheers....John

Pleased to have helped - amongst other things this is a great site where we all help each other.

Cheers....John

I use PSE7 and I imagine PSE9 will be similar. On the Edit program go to File and then go to 'Process Multiple Files'. From here there are many options which include converting file types.

Hope that helps

John

Thanks Adrian - will look into that.

John

Thanks for all your suggestions/comments. I'll now use DNG and there is a 64 bit codec for DNG which will give me thumbnails - useful for quickly deleting those photos I will not keep.

Microsoft Image Composite Editor seems to need JPGs so I guess I'll still have to convert DNG or PEF to JPGs before I can create a Panoramic photo.

Wish I knew why Photomerge Panoramic has stopped working in Elements 7 - as suggested I will have a go at uninstalling/reinstalling it.

Cheers....Kenty

Hi Bret
It comes down to need or want - I want one!!!
Firstly so I can see the PEF thumbnail pictures in explorer (I find it useful) and secondly I use Microsoft Image Composite Editor to create panoramics which needs the 64 bit PEF codec. So I firstly have to convert the PEF files to JPG using Elements 7 and I can then drag/drop the JPGs into the Image Composite Editor. It would be far easier just to drag/drop the PEFs.
And....I know I can use Photomerge in Elements to create panoramics but for some reason it suddenly stopped working - all other aspects of Elements 7 work. I get the usual 'Windows has encountered a problem and will have to close the program' message. This happened suddenly on both my desktop and laptop and the only changes are the usual Windows updates and my Norton 360 software upgraded to Version 5.
So apart from the codec query - does anyone have any idea why photomerge panoramic in Elements7 stopped working?
My operating system is Windows 7 64 bit.

Cheers Kenty

I use Windows 7 64 bit and as far as I can see there is no codec for PEF files (other than one which costs £14.95). There is one for W7 32 bit.

Does anyone knoe of a free PEF codec for Windows 64 bit operating system?

Cheers.......Kenty

What is the woman in the white blouse to the right of the photo looking at? Whatever it is it seems more interesting than the street performer!!

That sounds lile a good idea for 'someone'!!