Google| Subject | Re: converting raw images from Canon EOS 600D |
| From | Savageduck |
| Date | 2013-11-30 20:36 (2013-11-30 11:36) |
| Message-ID | <2013113011362444910-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | sid |
| Followups | sid (17h & 12m) > Savageduck |
On 2013-11-30 17:04:30 +0000, sid <sidney@sidshouse.net>said:
sidI said his choice of OS is a distraction. It is certainly limiting, even though you might not think so.
Tony Cooper wrote:Tony Coopersid
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:56:47 +0000, sid <sidney@sidshouse.net>wrote:sidTony Cooper
Savageduck wrote:Savageducksid
but most importantly I have a feeling your hardline choice of OS is your real problem, and it is distracting you from paying attention to improving your photography.
That is just ridiculous, what on earth does his OS have to do with improving his photography? At no point ever has the operating system on my pc affected my ability to chosse what to shoot or how to compose that shot or how to expose it. Is that what I'm doing wrong d'you think?
You misread the post.
Um, I don't know why you'd say that. Savadgeduck said using linux would affect his (the op) ability to improve his photography. I said it wouldn't.
You are entitled to think whatever you want.Tony Coopersid
The Duck is saying just the opposite.
I think he's saying the above
Yup!Tony Cooper
He's saying that concentrating too much on the OS choice distracts him from paying more attention to developing his photographic skills
sidYet he can't find a solution in the world of Linux. The advice he has been given is best described as arcane geekery. ...and I understand that both you and Floyd produce images you are quite satisfied with, but the OP is going to still have the same issue, and Canon is not going to provide him with a custom Linux solution.
But the op isn't concentrating on his OS choice. He's quite comfortable with that and wasn't asking a question about his OS. He asked a question about Canon camera software settings. Savadgeduck managed to answer that with, and I'm paraphrasing here you understand, "either you're a crap photographer or your choice of OS is bad"
go figureWhat I am saying is, the OP has issues processing the RAW Canon files produced in his 600D. So much so he can't tell the difference between shots taken with his G2 or the 600D. He is instant on his choice of OS, that is OK, it's his choice. However that choice limits him when it comes to solving the post processing issues he has. That has nothing to do with his photographic skills or his selection of subject or camera choice, but his choice of OS. You and Floyd, and all the other fans of Linux can flag wave all you want, but you (& the OP) will always be limited in the state of art graphic editing software tools available to you. GIMP is not an open source equivalent of Photoshop, neither is Aftershot Pro an equivalent of Lightroom or Aperture. So to fix his issues the OP is going to be jumping through the arcane Linux hoops, when there are much more accessable solutions. I can't help him when it comes to those solutions, and if he insists on rejecting what is available because of an OS, all he is doing is exercising his dabbling in Linux and polishing his geek credentials.
Personally I prefer to be able to concentrate on working on my photography, however good or bad it might be. How much improvement it might need, and know that I can do reasonably advanced editing and adjustment post processing using LR5 + PS running on OSX. I certainly don't have a "geek flag" to fly. For the record I prefer OSX over any variety of Windows, but that is just me.
-- Regards,
Savageduck
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