When I shoot to CF card with my e22 and have copied the files to my Mac and I end up with a bunch if IA/BR files with seemingly random file names (like 1DA56745.IA or 1DA546AE.IA). [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=162180\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
I dont get the names either.
There is also a certain securtiy in seeing a nice consistent list of names that is missing here
Ie if the names look good then everything is copied from the camera/card fine
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Just run the DNG konverter app on all the images ending with DNGs of equally bizzare names
When I browse these DNGs in silkypix the show in the order shot however which is fine
I then 'tick' the ones I need to save out to tiff
I then rename my tiffs to my normal protocol which is something like surfcomp_011207_smm001.tif
I use Bridge to rename my tiffs because it uses 'three digit' 001.tif as opossed to 1.tif (one digit) created by PhotoMechanic and then the browse order is sustained
Should I need to go back and reprocess again from the DNG the only way I could recognise the file I was 'after' is by seeing the ticked files in silkypix
Not perfect but also not problematic in general
All a bit of a mess especially with shoots what may have elements shot on other cameras
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I am very consistent with my
folder naming and structure - and this helps a lot to get back original files if required
today I will create a folder 211207_smm that lives in 2007_12_SMM, inside will be folders
STI , DNG, TIFF and NEF (Nikon) and in each of theses folders will be folders named things like STI1, STI2, DNG1, DNG2 etc
By using a folder a day and including the date in the name of all delivered files I can always find the raws that any tiff (or jpg) came from pretty easily
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TMARK - on the workflow thing IMO there can be workflow problems with sinar cameras - It is kind of a whole seperate topic but you need to look at it
I think if you go from the STIs that the camera shoots and striaght to DNG (effectively forgetting the STIs) you are fine if your preferred DNG browser can create contact sheets - my preferred DNG browser/editor Silkypix cant so I can run into trouble
My basic desired workflow is to deliver an HTML contact sheet of 'everything but the gashers' to the client with a sensible 'look' pasted onto all and reasonably sexy file names for them, the client, to feed back to you
Not currently possible for me
Bear in mind that Sinar backs will be shooting DNGs once 'Exposure' is released - if that program is good and produced HTML contacts fast then it should be all OK
For a smooth workflow you need to be happy editing in a DNG converter that produces fast contact sheets
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