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I wonder if C1 will support it . . I'd guess that they will, it's one thing not wanting to ship with it, but something else not to support it. They were first off the block with the M9 (correct me if I'm wrong).Then comes the next tough question.....what to use for processing? C1 may be the choice, but if there is no support.... Then there is LR2, which is the shipping product with the S2, but it is not so great, as many know. However, there is now a LR3 beta, but it does not say anything about S2 files. Not to worry, we will get something figured out....
LJ
It's possible, but I don't think that C1 has generic .dng support, so I suspect not. However, C1 supported the M9 almost from the day of launch, so maybe they'll support the S2 as well.I wonder if C1 will work on the files out of the box, without special support of course, or if not, if using the Adobe DNG converter would make it work?
I wonder - I've stuck with Aperture because of the (IMHO) better DAM features and 'conversion'. Lightroom does have advantages though, not least Apple's apparent lack of interest in supporting new cameras . . . .well, old cameras tooAnyway, Lightroom 3 is meant to have noticeably improved noise reduction, so if they really deliver that, it would strike one of my 3 complaints about LR for high-end IQ. Working a bit with colour profiles and careful tuning with 24-path colour checkers might strike another, leaving just the sharpening, which can be done in another program if needed. It might then be possible to have a high-end workflow based on LR, which is an interesting option.
Jono:Changing over is such a big thing though, with a properly keyworded library of 30,000 pictures - not something to make a snap decision about!
HI CarstenI think that to stop C1 from supporting the S2 in a generic fashion would require some active coding, unless Jono is right, and there is simply no DNG support in place, other than special code for the M8/M9.
Jono, can you not export as DNG with all your modifications included?
HI RobertJono:
Can't you write the keywords into the image files and then import these into lightroom?
In Lightroom there is the option to write or read this info from the file.
Robert
Hi NickGuys you appear to be talking about photography related things.
Can we just drop all this photo talk and get back to arguing?
You can always keep the two programs. Lightroom will import the files from their current location without moving them.HI Robert
Yes indeed . . . . but not the modifications you've made. The Albums, the web pages, the books, the slideshows . . . .
If the originals have been imported into the Aperture Library, you cannot easily get to them from Lightroom. You can, but the threads to get their would be a PITA to keep working with. The one option that I have used is to keep the original files in the file folder structure that I have used before Aperture, LR and other DAM apps. Then you just point to those as being linked, and you are able to work on them in Aperture and LR, I would presume.You can always keep the two programs. Lightroom will import the files from their current location without moving them.
Robert
Well, that could be very good news. Phase is not just competing with Leica on the S2 front, as has been mentioned, but they are also competing with Adobe on the processing side of things. Since LR3 may not be out for 4-6 months, Phase can make some real advances with folks by having some of their nicely tuned profiles in their next release of C1. Not knowing if they will or not, but it would just seem like a very natural extension for them to provide it for all those techs that may have to work with any S2 rentals they may run into.Phase has a S2 for testing from what Leica told me.
HI ThereIf the originals have been imported into the Aperture Library, you cannot easily get to them from Lightroom. You can, but the threads to get their would be a PITA to keep working with. The one option that I have used is to keep the original files in the file folder structure that I have used before Aperture, LR and other DAM apps. Then you just point to those as being linked, and you are able to work on them in Aperture and LR, I would presume.
That requires having those folders live when you are in Aperture if you wanted to do anything besides just see the previews. (This is still a very helpful thing, as I can keep tons of files in external storage, which allows me to get at them with any app, but the previews get imported in Aperture, which I can then take with me on the laptop and show clients, etc. I just cannot make changes that will be stored at that time.)
Jono, I am feeling the same bit of quandry about LR versus Aperture. I still like Aperture for lots of things that LR still cannot do, but Apple has not been keeping the update effort going there as they originally did. They will probably catch up with new profiles in a while (they go to the OS so they can be used in iPhoto and other apps as part of the CoreImage structure), but it is a bit frustrating not to have things updated (faster or at all) for some cameras.
LJ
Hi There GuyPhase has a S2 for testing from what Leica told me.