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>Chris, it strikes me that if you aren't confused, you haven't understood -
>but from subsequent posts it appears that you are now on the right track
>You have had some wise advice.
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Yes, indeed. After countless hours of downloading installing (where
possible), evaluating, and uninstalling I have come to the conclusion that for
now the Olympus Viewer (OV) suits my needs and then some. Since it functions
much like the camera itself, I can now see how the emulated filters, RAW, and
JPEG files interact. What's more, OV provides saturation, brightness, and
contrast settings beyond what can be done with the camera by itself.
So, if I want to make a B&W photo that can be adjusted with the emulated
filters, I simply take a good quality RAW (preferable) of SHQ colour photo and
do the editing and conversion later. If I want to use the glass filters, I
take a colour photo with the filter(s) in place and do the B%W conversion later.
This brings up an intersting thought, though I have to see if it can be
done. Since I have all these glass filters, I should be able to take a series
of colour photos of a dead white card using each filter, save those images an a
suitable format, then later merge them with a colour subject photo to achieve
customised B&W photos with any colour of filtering. If I cannot do it in OV, I
know I can do it in Corel Photo-Paint. If so, then I can leave the glass
colour filters at home and lighten the load in the field.
And the price for OV ($0.00) is just right. I had to go down to LR 3.3 to
find a version that would work with WinXP, and even then it can only be used on
a trial basis for 30 days, then it turns into a pumpkin and you have to buy it.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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