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Have been regularly following development of RAW converters, downloading every now and then trial versions.
Noticed some that were rather basic have evolved tremendously like Canon DPP, although it's a free software it is being well developed only thing to complain about is the pointless absence of backward compatibility, why DPP4 doesn't accept old cameras ? why fill light doesn't work on 5D files while it works on 50D files ? Does anyone believe this will drive people to buy new cameras ???
Other RAW converters have always been excellent and are still at the race like ACR and DXO.
however my disappointment came from silkypics, once my favorite and after so many versions, almost nothing has changed, although it is bundled with many camera systems it does seem to need some work to be at the level of the competition, too bad they seem left behind, do you think the "made in japan" label is enough for being competitive ?
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DPP 4 has been developed new, it was not a simple update to DPP 3. In the beginning it only could convert RAW files from the newest FF bodies, now they have added support for every body and even a number of compacts which offer a version of RAW with features that DPP 4 uses.
Cameras older then the ones that offer picture styles (not saying it is the picture styles that DPP 4 needs, just saying that that is the line in the sand which we can easily distinguish) will not be supported simply because the RAW files have evolved over time, and DPP 4 uses things those cameras lack.
DPP 3 still is supported for Mac OS and Windows.
I see no reason to every once in a while come with the same complaint/question, though?
What I find sad is that RPP (a bare bones Mac OS only converter which specialised in better conversions regarding noise and sharpness with the use of better computation) seems to have stopped development. As fas as I know it is a one guy development, and such things happen.
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my 30D and 5D both have picture styles, still not supported...
but that's not a problem since for the purpose I use them DPP3 is just enough, I was surprised however with silkypics, some manufacturers are using as their own RAW converter, it is lacking behind competition when it comes to feathures
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Well I did find a positive point for silkypix: speed, it is the fastest doing batch job
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Hai Tony, you might be happy to hear that Canon has again expanded the list of cameras DPP4 now supports. DPP 4.5.20 now supports the following models (which now will include your 20D and 30D files):
EOS 1000D
EOS 100D
EOS 1100D
EOS 1200D
EOS 1300D
EOS 20D
EOS 20Da
EOS 30D
EOS 350D
EOS 400D
EOS 40D
EOS 450D
EOS 500D
EOS 50D
EOS 550D
EOS 5D
EOS 5D Mark II
EOS 5D Mark III
EOS 5D Mark IV
EOS 5DS
EOS 5DS R
EOS 600D
EOS 60D
EOS 60Da
EOS 650D
EOS 6D
EOS 6D
EOS 700D
EOS 70D
EOS 70D
EOS 750D
EOS 760D
EOS 7D
EOS 7D Mark II
EOS 80D
EOS M
EOS M10
EOS M2
EOS M3
EOS M5
EOS-1D C
EOS-1D Mark II
EOS-1D Mark II N
EOS-1D Mark III
EOS-1D Mark IV
EOS-1D X
EOS-1D X Mark II
EOS-1Ds Mark II
EOS-1Ds Mark III
PowerShot G1 X
PowerShot G1 X Mark II
PowerShot G15
PowerShot G16
PowerShot G3 X
PowerShot G5 X
PowerShot G7 X
PowerShot G7 X Mark II
PowerShot G9 X
PowerShot G9 X Mark II
PowerShot S100
PowerShot S110
PowerShot S120
PowerShot SX60 HS
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01-13-2017, 09:08 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2017, 09:20 PM by toni-a.)
thanks for the great news BC.
Canon seems to do listen to its customers, of course this is a part of the recipe for the success
downloading
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tried it, quite good.
However auto lighting optimizer doesn't work on older bodies, it didn't work in DPP3 anyway on 5D files but worked well on 7D files.
will see if it renders skin tones amazingly good as did DPP3