Epson Plug-in or Adobe RAW for R-D1 files?

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Edward Felcher

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I've been using the Epson Plug-in on my Mac for the RAW files with my R-D1 almost all the time.

But today I tried the latest version of the Adobe Raw plug-in and the quality seems excellent.

The Epson plug-in is slower but has some good controls.

I can't really decide which produces the best final image, although I'm still leaning towards the Epson plug-in.

Any opinions on the matter?
 
I'm using Lightroom and PS CS2 soon to be CS3. Seems to me that there's better functions this way. You didn't mention what software your using but I would imagine PS. I also convert to DNG and renumber to my own filing system. Lightroom is a great program if ya can swing the bucks. PS speaks for itself but the Epson stuff really doesn't turn me on....

also, which OS do you have on your Mac. I have 10.4.9 on both the laptop and the desktop....

with that, you can see your DNG files without opening any software.....
 
I started out using both the stand alone Epson RAW developer and Photoshop with the Epson plug-in. While the Epson application did give me great results, it just seemed much too slow when processing a group of images.

I later change the Epson plug-in for the Adobe Camera Raw plug-in. The results were good, but again the work flow was too slow.

I began using the beta version of Lightroom (because it was free), and really liked both the "development" flexibility and the processing speed. I also need an image manager. Lightroom did both. I took the bait, and have paid my $200 for the full version when the beta expired. I can do most of my image processing in Lightroom, and open Photoshop only when necessarily.

Give the program a shot if you've not tried the demo version.

Take care,
Michael
 
i find there isn't much difference, quality-wise, between the hacked plist in the OS (and .dng files), the Adobe raw plug-in, and the Epson version. the Epson one is nice as it provides the one touch vignette compensation, but i use Apple Aperture and the hacked plist is by far the most convenient for me.
 
I have 10.4.9 on various machines.

I have Aperture but I don't like it.
 
Edward Felcher said:
I have 10.4.9 on various machines.

I have Aperture but I don't like it.
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Yeah, isn't it funny than Mac's are soooo intuitive and yet Aperture is the complete oposite.....I dumped the trial version and haven't looked back...I've been with LR since the 1st Beta....great stuff.....don
 
i've been using Aperture since it came out and really love it. i thought it was worth it at $700 AUD and was pleased with the rebate. i used Lightroom through all 4 betas but it just never appealed completely to me. i kept wanting it to do things that Aperture did. if Adobe had put out a conversion utility and added a few features, i'd probably consider the switch. but i've got about 93,000 photos that i've processed and don't want to repeat the process. running Aperture on a mac pro with x1900xt on 2 screens (one in portrait mode) and the macbook pro in the field/onsite has worked very well for me - because i've learned a lot about various shortcuts and things not to do.

LR is certainly a fine program and i'd probably recommend it over Aperture to anyone starting out.
 
I convert everything to DNG and use ACR and Elements.

I don't leave my raw files in ERF format just in case it disappears in the future. DNG is more likely to still be around and supported by current software down the line.

Ian
 
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