CR2 to DNG

BrownSparrow · 12 Jan 2008 at 12:31

Hi all,

As you might have read in my previous posts, i recently become the proud owner of a Canon 40D.

Having taken a few snaps i wanted to have a play with them in photoshop - of which i have version CS2. Unfortunatly CS2 is not compatable with the raw files produced by the 40D (Gee i wonder why :rolleyes:

). Adobe do however provide a free CR2 to DNG converter.

My question is, will i lose any quality/encounter any issues using this tool or should i just be thinking about purchasing lightroom or somesuch?

Cheers

Messiah Khan · 12 Jan 2008 at 12:36

I highly doubt you will lose and noticable quality. I would however consider getting Lightoom anyway as it makes processing so much easier.

BrownSparrow · 12 Jan 2008 at 12:51

Hmm i thought so. Lightroom would cut down on the fiddling i have to do and therefore probably spur me on to produce more finished work.

aztechnology · 12 Jan 2008 at 17:13

does not CS2 use Adobe Camera Raw to process the CR2's, and if so it should process the 40D.

Lightroom though is one the best peices of photo catalogueing(?)/editing software I have used. It does though still hve some holes (nbo dodging and burning), and you could use LR to do the RAW conversion and simple touch-ups, and CS2 to edit anything else...

BrownSparrow · 12 Jan 2008 at 22:41

CS2 does indeed use Adobe Camera raw, but only up to version 3.7, which is not compatable with the 40D. Predictably the newer versions are only compatable with CS3.