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RAW converters am I missing something?
#1
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 ?

#2
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.

#3
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

#4
Quote: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
Then I am mistaken about when the features that DPP uses appeared, it must not have been just after the picture style feature. It is around the time lens correction profiles were added (the 30D and 5D were introduced before that, they got support for it in a later firmware update).

 

Silkypix has always been about conversion, not other features. That is just a different philosophy, like RPP and others. 
#5
Well I did find a positive point for silkypix: speed, it is the fastest doing  batch job

#6
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

#7
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

#8
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

  


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