Ricoh GR-D2 Raw Conversion

[v3cron]

I'm thinking of finally buying a real digicam, and the Ricoh is the only one I would consider (I have the GR-1...two of them, actually). What RAW converters give the best results? I'm looking for the flexibility NOT to apply any noise reduction, to be able to get max highlight and shadow detail, and to not get any weird artifacts at all. I would probably be shooting mostly black and white, but some color as well. Also, I'm using a PC and Photoshop CS. I would be willing to upgrade the PS if necessary, but if there's another way....

 

[kbg32]

I have been very happy with the RAW converter in CS3. Lot more control then earlier PS versions.

 

[KEH]

I use Lightroom and CS3, which both give great results.

 

[__--]

For the GRD2 I am now using the combination of Aperture 2/SilverEfexPro, which let's me easily get whatever type of look that I want; see:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65495

I've found Aperture 2 to do the best highlight recovery.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

 

[dar]

I am using the CS2 embedded raw converter, has more controls and options than I usually need. Wouldn't ask anything better.

 

[v3cron]

For the GRD2 I am now using the combination of Aperture 2/SilverEfexPro, which let's me easily get whatever type of look that I want; see:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65495

I've found Aperture 2 to do the best highlight recovery.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/

Unfortunately, Aperture is Mac only. Did you experience highlight issues with Adobe's Camera Raw? I'm getting CS4, which should have the latest version.

 

[__--]

ACR is fine, but I just find that Acrobat is the best in recivering hightlights, as I've been able to recover some that I couldn't with other RAW processors. If you do B&W, you might want to try Silver Efex with Photoshop: it does really excellent B&W conversion and its presets for various films, including grain, tone and colour sensitivyty are substantially better than AlienSkin — it seems to be the best of all the software current available for all this.

—Mitch/Chiang Mai
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10268776@N00/