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zobeleye

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hey there,
just got my fuji X100 and absolutely love it.
well, some little quirks that are annoying but overall very nice, fast and handy.
BUT, what absolutely frustrates me is the fact that the RAF files are only processable with the fuji software and the Raw Photo Processor, both of them give decent quality but are a pain in the b+++ to work with.
since I'm adobe all the way, I'd like to know if we can except to have support for those files at all from ACR.
fuji states that they're working hard on getting support in that regard, but is that technically possible at all?
I was dissappointed that the newest updates 6.4 doesn't support them.
any thoughts or info about that?
cheers, stephan from NZ
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2011, 11:35:19 am »

Adobe updates ACR/LR 3-4 times a year. Whether or not a camera is caught inside the window if time required for support is somewhat a situation of timing...note, just because the 6.4 RC doesn't support the camera doesn't mean the final won't. They have been cases where a new camera wasn't supported in a beta but was when the final version shipped.
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2011, 12:52:19 pm »

Sometimes its possible to edit the EXIF to trick ACR into thinking it's a flavor of file that it recognizes.  When the Olympus E-5 came out people were changing the camera type to E-30 in E-5 ORF EXIFs (since it was believed the two cameras used the same sensor) so they could process in ACR before it was updated with E-5 support, which by all accounts worked well.  Have no idea if this is feasible with X100 files.
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 02:45:13 pm »

Hi,

Perhaps try: save the RAW  files as DNG and then open in ACR or Lightroom.

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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 05:27:43 am »

doesn't work, dng converter doesn't recognize raf files from the x100.
atm i'm converting with raw photo converter, which gives very good quality but is tedious to work with.
the thing with fiddling with the exif data seems interesting but i don't know which app to use to do that.
cheers, stephan
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 12:15:28 pm »

doesn't work, dng converter doesn't recognize raf files from the x100.
atm i'm converting with raw photo converter, which gives very good quality but is tedious to work with.
the thing with fiddling with the exif data seems interesting but i don't know which app to use to do that.
cheers, stephan

Stephan, here's a link to doing the trick for the E-5, and another one about a workaround for Lightroom that didn't require modding the EXIF data.  (Use at your own risk and be sure to work only on copies of your original files!)

http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/showthread.php?t=61446&highlight=exif
http://forum.fourthirdsphoto.com/showthread.php?t=62217&highlight=exif
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 04:46:40 pm »

hey thanks for the tip,
anyway, opened the hex app for mac and tried to find anything, no chance, no camera modelnames in the camera raw exec file as far as i'm aware.
i'm prepared to go the extra mile but not walk around the whole earth...
or maybe i'm missing something
thanks anyway
cheers stephan
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2011, 06:08:23 pm »

It's pretty unlikely one can feed an EXIF-edited version of a X100 file to ACR and get a usable image. The mosaic data is stored differently than previous Fuji models.
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2011, 06:42:02 pm »

so we'll just be waiting for you guys to give us X100 support, cause i'm so sick of using other raw converters....
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2011, 06:07:19 pm »

You can always try Raw Developer on the X100 files. The latest version (v1.9.1) supports the X100 and has plenty of new features, too.
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2011, 06:14:49 pm »

that is what i'm using atm but don't you think it's tedious?
like who wants to change a parameter and then hit command r everytime to see what that has actually changed?
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 02:35:38 pm »

who wants to change a parameter and then hit command r everytime to see what that has actually changed?

This can be changed in the program prefs.
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Re: fuji X100 .raf files\ can an update enable ACR to process those ?
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2011, 03:57:32 am »

did not know that. thanks for the advice.
BUT, today adobe updated from 3.4RC to 3.4 and all my worries are gone.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
cheers
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