Robert Campbell
Well-known member
I normally use a Leica CL which writes dng files.
I tried a Leica D Lux 7 as a lighter alternative. It writes rwl files — it's a Panasonic clone.
So, I used Adobe dng converter to change the rwl files to dng. This worked very well. As a side-effect, when working with original dng files, it crunches them to a size roughly a third smaller.
I hadn't used this dng converter before — there wasn't any need. I discovered I could add the date and camera designation as well. I have used unique file names for all images for many years, in the format:
year-month-day_[camera name]_[original file name], thus: 2020-08-09_CL_[original file name]. This has been very successful.
I used Faststone to do this; it could read the date from the Exif and add that automatically. It's only available for Windows. It meant I could take images over a few days, and change all the dates and names automatically. I'm now Apple based, and this was getting to be a hassle.
With Adobe dng converter I have to enter the date manually, so I have to be careful about choosing the right ones for any particular date.
I'd like Adobe to add the option to read the Exif date automatically and add this to the file name.
Anyone else? Any other thoughts?
I tried a Leica D Lux 7 as a lighter alternative. It writes rwl files — it's a Panasonic clone.
So, I used Adobe dng converter to change the rwl files to dng. This worked very well. As a side-effect, when working with original dng files, it crunches them to a size roughly a third smaller.
I hadn't used this dng converter before — there wasn't any need. I discovered I could add the date and camera designation as well. I have used unique file names for all images for many years, in the format:
year-month-day_[camera name]_[original file name], thus: 2020-08-09_CL_[original file name]. This has been very successful.
I used Faststone to do this; it could read the date from the Exif and add that automatically. It's only available for Windows. It meant I could take images over a few days, and change all the dates and names automatically. I'm now Apple based, and this was getting to be a hassle.
With Adobe dng converter I have to enter the date manually, so I have to be careful about choosing the right ones for any particular date.
I'd like Adobe to add the option to read the Exif date automatically and add this to the file name.
Anyone else? Any other thoughts?