Do DNG readers age like RAW readers/converters??

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Davy - 29 Sep 2007 13:11 GMT

I understand that raw readers/converters are improving all the time and it
is not recommended to use an older converter. Since DNG readers/converters
do a similar job is it also true of them?

I ask because I want to upgrade my Photoshop Elements 2 to 3 (the latest
version that will run on my Windows 2000 PC) but am concerned that the DNG
reader in PS Elements 3 may be out of date.

Or am I getting confused? - the conversion from raw to DNG must be constant
since DNG is a standardised format. So is it the Photoshop image editing
that is important? In which case an old Photoshop would still present the
same problem.
My brain hurts!

cheers, Davy

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Alan Browne - 29 Sep 2007 20:43 GMT

> I understand that raw readers/converters are improving all the time and it
> is not recommended to use an older converter. Since DNG readers/converters
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> that is important? In which case an old Photoshop would still present the
> same problem.

If I read the Adobe site properly for the last Camera Raw (4.2),
Elements 3.0 is not supported, so the most recent cameras (14 it says)
are not in there.

However, the free DNG converter from Adobe is always pretty much up to
date with the latest cameras. I don't know if it runs on W.2000. The
DNG output from there will work in PSE 3.

For example, the DNG at
http://finalpass.net/images/misc/A700%20test/A700%20Macro%20Test/A700_Macro-ISO%
20200-DSC00030.dng
( 8.3 MB )

is from the very recently released Sony A700 (converted in DNG converter
from the Sony/Minolta RAW file), and it opens in Elements 3.0 (under Win
XP).

Cheers,
Alan

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