Dear Sam,
The highlight recovery roughly works following way:
Usually, when highlights are blown out, NOT the 3 channels are completly blown out. Most of the time there is at least one channel with a little information inside, if not 2.
instead of simply cutting then the hightlights (like DMFB capture softs are doing to avoid colour casts) when one or two channels are "blown out", the recovery feature will take the information which is there in the one channel not "blown out" and apply it as a neutral value to the two other channels, avoiding this way any coulor cast in the highlights. This feature allows to gain at the very minimum of 2 f-stops in the highlights and make use of the whole (or nearly whole) dynamic range of the sensor. This is built-in and automatic, without you noticing it happening: you will only notice it when you compare 2 images containing such critical highlights, one processed without the Brumbaer tools and the other with. This feature is unique in the market, and I haven't seen better recovery yet, since all MFDB capture softwares currently proceed the same way (unless there is something new in the just released new Leaf version).
he Brumbaer tools allow both Sinar .STI files and files from the Eyelike backs to be converted into DNG files.
The original files are never lost with the Brumbaer tools: they are kept and stored automatically as an "IA" (Image Archive) file and a "BR" (Black Reference) file in the same folder as the converted DNG's.
DNG files can be oppened and processed in all DNG compatible applications, like LR, CR, Raw D, etc ... In my opinion, Light Room is doing currently the best job and having the most powerful features and processing.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Thierry
Right about a year late I have upgraded my mac to 10.4 and now can use brumbaers tools for processing files from my E22
how does the highlight recover work or is that built in ??
Are there losses by going from eyelike file to DNG
Basically I now have DNGs and am totally new to this format
I see they open in ACR which gives me a temperature slider for the first time (hooray)
Can people give me a guide on the sharpening levels they use in ACR
BUt what other sofwares handle DNG and are hot at it
can I read DNGs in C1 ??
(this could be good as I can pass images to people (PPtechs) who usually shoot phase and are C1 happy)
Are eyelike shooters dong the DNG thing and binning thier originals or what ??
Any comments appreciated
SMM
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