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John_jcb
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September 23, 2014
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Support for Nikon D750

  • September 23, 2014
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What is the normal lead time for a new camera such as the Nikon D750 to be available in LR5?

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      Rikk Flohr: Inactive
      Rikk Flohr: Inactive
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      September 23, 2014

      A few weeks to a few months. Lightroom typically releases an update quarterly. It depends upon the timing of the camera's release to the Adobe schedule.

      Normally there is a release candidate of the DNG converter tool a few weeks prior that gives you earlier access to your Raw files in Lightroom via DNG.

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      CTP_Nikon
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      September 24, 2014

      Let me get this straight... if I purchase the D750, today, and take pictures, I can't import to Lightroom to edit the pictures?

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        Exodus_Maximus
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        October 4, 2014

        I. Yes Nef is based on tiff. The Bayer mosaic is still on there so it is really a greyscale tiff with the direct data from the sensor but the fact that it is just tiff makes it trivial to read. This is widely known: "Many raw file formats, including IIQ (Phase One), 3FR (Hasselblad), DCR, K25, KDC (Kodak), CR2 (Canon), ERF (Epson), MEF (Mamiya), MOS (Leaf), NEF (Nikon), ORF (Olympus), PEF (Pentax), RW2 (Panasonic) and ARW, SRF, SR2 (Sony), are based on the TIFF file format.[4] These files may deviate from the TIFF standard in a number of ways, including the use of a non-standard file header, the inclusion of additional image tags and the encryption of some of the tagged data." from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_image_format


        II. Converting to dng will give you a bit-for-bit identical copy. This is just how the standard is written. Your test is flawed as it compares two different software packages - not how much info is in the raw file. Use the same product and you'll see you get completely identical results.


        To end this debate I did quick test - first image is a jpeg representation of the SEVERELY underexposed shoot - my guest bathroom with almost no light shot at F 4 2000 exposure (I wanted to be drastic). Second is the "lift" from converted DNG in LR5 (it took me about 2X time to get it there compared to image 3). Image 3 is lifted from 14 bit nef (which DNG for image 2 was extracted from) in Capture NX-D. All images where then opened in PS to be scaled down and exported as jpegs. Be mindfull - I know I could probably get image 2 a bit better if I spend more time and perhaps use something like a fractal program or an image recovery software but the same could be done with image 3 - taking under account that I did spend more time (about 2-3 min vs 1-2 min on image 3 I assume it is a fair test)

        - any questions?

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