Why You Should be Shooting RAW

[stinger608]

Yea Screwballl, how dare you put up a post like that without linkage

[Capper]

Stinger, by RAW he doesn't mean naked pics of himself.

[Elysium]

Hmm, I found this though a Google search:

UFRaw - Home

Using it now, and sure enough you can open RAW files in GIMP. Cool!

[Reloadron]

Originally Posted by screwballl

remember, there is a RAW plugin for GIMP as well

Now that is very good to know. Thank you Screwball for that information.

@ Yellow. Currently I have a real nice 300 mm zoom and a nice macro. I leave tomorrow morning for my annual road trip so my camera is packed but I'll follow up soon, give me a day or two with the details. I know I posted them here once before.

There is a really high end macro I would like and I also want a good fisheye. I want to get into photographing some insects this summer.

Yellow, did the Zoom Browser software help at all with the EOS 20D? What I sent was for my older 10D and I was curious.

Ron

[screwballl]

GIMP + RAW images:

UFRaw - Home

Bibble Labs - Professional Photo Workflow Software

Decoding raw digital photos in Linux (for Linux)

from everything I read, ufraw seems the best choice, but it can also be used by itself without GIMP but without the extra processing power associated with GIMP.

[onebxr]

A great source of information was found here:
RAW

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by Reloadron

Yellow, did the Zoom Browser software help at all with the EOS 20D? What I sent was for my older 10D and I was curious.

Ron

Yes, it helped a lot, thanks again! I was able to install the software on the disc, then update it to DPP via Canon's website.