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Re: [OM] Converting RW2 to ORF

Subject: Re: [OM] Converting RW2 to ORF
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:56:04 +0800
For the image blur problem it is detail documented here:

http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/EP1/EP1A.HTM

It is mainly due to shutter vibration, loose constructed 14-42 and IS. 
Firmware 1.1 improves the problem but it is better to shoot with IS off.

I found the same blur problem with a Tamron 70-300 and 5D II (without IS of 
course) at slow shutter speed so I sold it early last year. Olympus Pen is 
fine with me as I will only use Olympus Pen FT lenses (except the DZ 12mm), 
they are so solid that there will be no blur problem due to loose lens.

Slow AF? I don't use AF, I will use the high quality EVF and do MF, lens 
mechanical noise will not exist either. I'm used to the 5D II video mode 
with 100% MF (its video AF mode is also very slow and not usable).

So far the Pen videos I have seen are having too much noise 
reduction/compression and the details are a little chunk, don't know if they 
have been converted (poorly). I think I need to make some myself to 
conclude.

C.H.Ling


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Irisarri Vila" <div2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Converting RW2 to ORF


Hi C.H.Ling,

The main reason I want to load Panasonic RAW images in Olympus Studio 2 is 
for Olympus unique rendering color/tone as you have mention. Clearly Olympus 
has a great knowledge in this field and they are outputting the best JPG 
from the camera in the market.
This is something very attractive as honestly I am really fed up with post 
processing, raw workflow, color management, etc... I want to take pictures 
again. Olympus is going in the right way, avoiding any post processing in 
the computer. We want perfect pictures coming from the camera.

Having tried almost all RAW Workflow packages, honestly I hate ACR, 
Lightroom and Silkypix because when sharpening they give a plastic synthetic 
image. Chroma noise is something it can be removed but luminance noise it´s 
something you should never remove from the image.You can love it or hate it 
but you must live with it. Olympus software package is also horrible (I 
really like CaptureONE V layout, menus and this easy way of working) but 
Olympus image processing pipeline is the best I have seen until now. Images 
look real, like film!

I am really angry because I am fed up of waiting, waiting and waiting for a 
camera that never appears. PEN really grabbed my attention but why using an 
unpolished raw technology. Although Olympus reports there is nothing wrong 
with IS, there is something malfunctioning with the camera and the images 
become blurred between 1/160-60s. The exposure meter overexposes too much, 
ultra slow autofocusing (a pain in the neck), video also it´s horrible with 
tons of artifacts, the lens makes lot of noise, etc...

Anyway, I am an Olympus lover but today I must recognize Panasonic is 
leading the microfourthirds system. GF1 is a clear winner. They add 
chromatic aberration/distortion removal in the camera and they forgot corner 
shading compensation :( but there isn´t anything perfect!

Regards,

Dave





El 22/03/2010, a las 03:07, C.H.Ling escribió:

> I will get a M4/3 for my Pen FT lenses until the DZ 12mm came out, I'm 
> more
> interested on Olympus in the rendering of color/tone. I like the stereo
> recording on Pen but a bit worry about what you mean by better video in
> Panasonic, is the resolution better in GF1? I can't find very good sample
> and comparision for both.
>
> Concerning the raw convertion, Silkpix can totally trun off sharpening and
> noise reduction while Olympus will retain some sharpening even at minimum
> setting. I don't like the sharpening in Olympus and always do it in post, 
> it
> has too little control but I do like the color/tone rendering. On the 
> other
> hand there are much more control in Silkpix than Olympus Master or even
> Studio.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Irisarri Vila"
>
> Hi all,
>
> I wonder if someone knows how to modify Panasonic GF1 RW2 files and make
> Olympus Studio 2 recognize them as ORF files. I have been reviewing
> thoroughly PEN cameras and GF1. I´ll go for the Panasonic with a 20 mm 
> f1.7
> lens.
> PEN cameras have a superb engine for generating JPEG files with a charming
> tone curve, broader dynamic range, less aggressive noise reduction
> algorithms and better color. Autofocus, exposure meter, white balance, 
> lens
> and video is much better in GF1.
>
> So I would like to use Olympus Studio 2 and process GF1 raw files like if
> they were E-PL1 raw files. Venus engine is worse than TruePIC V+ found in
> E-PL1 camera. There are always a magenta cast, haloes /when sharpening) 
> and
> tone curve is worse.
>
> I have been waiting too long for E-5, fixed-focal length lenses (and
> bright), for a better PEN camera (E-P1, E-P2 and E-PL1 are almost the 
> same)
> and ZD lenses for PEN cameras are bullshit and very slow lenses.
>
> Regards,
>
> David

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