Canon CR2 RAW Problem

[Canmorite]

Ok so I shot some pictures in RAW on my 350D, and I cannot view or open them with any progam I have. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Sheldon.

[Pekka]

Get http://www.pixmantec.com/products/rawshooter_essentials.html . It's currently free.

[Huckaback Photo]

Sheldon
Welcome to the Forum
Have you installed the canon software that was bundled with the camera.
You need "digital photo professional" or which ever Raw software that was included with the 350D.
Thats certainly the raw software that came with my 1D mk2.

However I am currently using " Raw Shooter Esentials" which you can down load from the web.
much better in my view, there are others and all here seem to have there own favorites.
Martin (Huckaback Photo)

[Canmorite]

Sheldon
Welcome to the Forum
Have you installed the canon software (http://69.42.87.210/cgi-bin/ezlclk.fcgi?id=6720)that was bundled with the camera.
You need "digital photo professional" or which ever Raw software that was included with the 350D.


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[Canmorite]

Another question...

Is it best to export the files as Exif-Jpeg, Exif-TIFF or TIFF 16-Bit?

For computer use? Printing Use? Thanks again...

[tzalman]

Since with jpg there is a certain amount of quality lost each time the file is opened and resaved (although a few saves will not do enough harm to be readily seen) the usual practice is to save as jpg only at the end of the workflow. 8 bit will be sufficient if you are doing only routine editing, especially if you get the image close to what you want with the raw converter. However, 16 bit should be used if you plan to do extensive editing and/or are working in a wide gamut color space like ProPhoto or Wide Gamut.

[Canmorite]

And for printing pictures, what's the best format?

[Longwatcher]

The best format for working, printing, saving, archiving, in short everything but file size is almost always going to be 16-bit TIF. It retains the most information and provides the greatist range of image parameters to work with.

The 16-bit TIF's formats only problems are
#1 it is a larger file size
#2 it might not be printable at some locations

So do everything in 16-bit TIF if you can, then go to 8-bit TIF next, then finally go to jpeg format.

The above said, Except for special shots for which I want to maintain the highest quality, I usually work in 8-bit TIF if I can't complete the task directly from the CR2 file. If I know I am going to print (or it is going to be printed) then I will end with an 8-bit TIF, unless the customer needs jpeg. Only because I have encountered several print locations that can't handle 16-bit TIF. Also for a lot of the stuff I do, my final output is a jpeg format file because the files are going to end up being downloaded and file size is a primary requirement for the end product.

Just what I do.

[Canmorite]

Thanks for the info. Really helpful.