> > John, how about a converter to 48bit Tiff? There is not much to do > (compared to a full blown app) except fix dcraw to do the white balance > using all 12 bits and "spreading" it out over 16 bits (maybe continue to > ignore the 4 lsbs). That way it can be brought into Adobe and processed > with all its nice gadgets. Plus I hear that the new PS 8 can do > everything in 16 bits now if you want. PS 7 was limited to a few > operations.
That's the first thing I'll do - a PEF-to-TIFF converter (24 & 48 bit) that preserves all the EXIF information, but which uses the RAW-to-RGB converter from dcraw. It looks as though dcraw does white balance, by the way - it just always uses auto-white-balance, ignoring the camera settings. I'm not sure what the right values would be for the non-auto settings, but I'll do some experimentation with the camera once I've got the framework ready. dcraw will write Photoshop-format files, by the way.
