On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 8:12 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: >> So RAW and DGN are the same thing? > > Not quite. > > .DNG is one raw format, .PEF is another. Pentax DSLRs can save raw files in > either format. All .PEF files are raw files, all .DNG files are raw files, > but not all raw files are .PEF or .DNG files. > > And since Panasonic uses .RAW as their raw file extension, all .RAW files > are raw files, but not all raw files are .RAW files. A .RAW file may not > even be a camera file, because Real Audio and Win Amp both have a .RAW file > of their own. > > (Yes, I have taken my pain medicine!) > > Nikon raw files are .NEF. Canon raw files are .CR2; Sony has .SRF or .SR2 > ... > > The "advantage of DNG" is that Adobe will *ALWAYS and forever* support .DNG, > since it's their own "camera raw" format. They offer a free stand-alone DNG > converter. > > If you get a new camera whose raw file format is not supported by the Adobe > Camera Raw that came with your (older) version of PhotoShop, and you don't > want to upgrade PhotoShop, you can download the latest and greatest DNG > converter, shoot raw and process them into .DNG files using the DNG > converter. > > Then you can open them in any version of PhotoShop since PhotoShop7.
The convention of using capitalized "RAW" for raw files is pretty common, John. I don't see any reason to confuse people with all the various file extension specifics. My library of native raw files includes .NEF, .CRW, .CR2, .ORF, .RAW, .RW2, .PEF, .MRF, and .SRF file extensions. They're all RAW (or raw) image files. The first version of the Camera Raw plugin was a $100 add-on to Photoshop 7; Camera Raw 2.0 shipped with Photoshop CS. ".DNG" files, aka Adobe Digital Negative raw files, are supported by all versions of the Camera Raw plugin since version 2.4. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
