Digital BW, The Print

I down load the raw images on to my hard drive and use the Cannon
software as a starting point. I develop the images as linear 
tiffs. and use Fred Miranda's action from there
(http://www.fredmiranda.com/). This is a long and tedious process, but 
using the batch Photoshop option to automate the work, helps. I
understand there is a second party browser that you can 
use to develop the raw files with, but I hear it's not much better then Cannon's.

With the D-30 you can change the color balance before you develop the
file. But with the 1D you can correct exposures 
and color balance problems before developing, giving you a much better
file to start with. I am hoping that the D-60 
has this same options.

Obviously I would only do this in non-deadline situations.

Steve


Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> Hi Steve,
> 
> > The other advantage with the Cannon
> > cameras is the ability to shoot in the raw mode. Once developed you
> > end up with a 17.8 mb, 16 bit, tiff file.
> 
> What do you use to process the Bayer pattern CCD data?
> 
> For those that don't know, when you get raw data from a Bayer
> patterned CCD
> camera, you typically get only one of the three color values per "data
> point" (it's not really a pixel in the sense of a typical
> pixel...which will
> have all three colors, for a color pixel that is)...and that needs to
> be
> processed to resolve the color information from individual color data
> to
> full pixel color values, which will then contain all three colors.
> That
> typically happens in the camera, but some people prefer using external
> (to
> the camera) programs, as they feel these programs give them better
> results.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Austin
> 
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