[ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
gerry
gerry.neary at gmx.co.uk
Thu Oct 27 12:26:14 UTC 2011
Hi
I have a Sony A55 and use the Gimp to edit photos with the raw plugin,
works fine, but in the camaera are options to shoot in raw, jeg or as I
do both. This means for viewing the results I use the jegp and if a more
artistic or printed result is needed I use the raw version.
Regards
Gerry
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:06:14 +0100
> From: paul sutton <zleap at zleap.net>
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> On 26/10/11 10:58, Sarah Chard wrote:
> > Hi
> > my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new
> > camera and is haveing problems with it - she says
> >
> > The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo
> > editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files.
>
> can the camera be set to save as a different file format, i have never
> heard of a55 as a file format. or is a55 the camera in which case does
> it save a jpeg or similar.
>
> Paul
> >
> > can anyone help?
> >
> > Sarah
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:06:10 +0100
> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk> wrote:
> > The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor,
> > gimp included that can process the? a55 files.
>
> They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called
> "gimp-ufraw" which can be installed via software centre.
>
> Also there's a package called "rawstudio" which can manipulate RAW files.
>
> Al.
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:10:47 +0100
> From: Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> n Wed, 2011-10-26 at 11:06 +0100, paul sutton wrote:
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> > can the camera be set to save as a different file format, i have
> > never heard of a55 as a file format. or is a55 the camera in which
> > case does it save a jpeg or similar.
> >
> > Paul
>
> it can but she wants to save them as RAW files - for quality of image
> Sarah
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:11:35 +0100
> From: George MacLeod <bhaltair at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>wrote:
>
> > **
> > Hi
> > my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has bought a new
> > camera and is haveing problems with it - she says
> >
> > The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor,
> > gimp included that can process the a55 files.
> >
> > can anyone help?
> >
> > Sarah
> >
>
> What format are the images being saved as? If the camera is set to save
> images in RAW format then they will need to be processed into something else
> such as JPG or TIF She should be able to set the camera to save images as
> JPG etc.
> Seoras
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:11:50 +0100
> From: Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> n Wed, 2011-10-26 at 11:06 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
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> > They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called
> > "gimp-ufraw" which can be installed via software centre.
> >
> > Also there's a package called "rawstudio" which can manipulate RAW
> > files.
> >
> > Al.
>
>
> Hi Al
> yes they are RAW files - thanks I'll let her know - hopefuly that will
> work
> Sarah
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:17:59 +0100
> From: Alan Pope <alan at popey.com>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> On 26 October 2011 11:06, paul sutton <zleap at zleap.net> wrote:
> > can the camera be set to save as a different file format,? i have never
> > heard of a55 as a file format.? or is a55 the camera in which case does it
> > save a jpeg or similar.
> >
>
> A55 is the model of camera, not the format of file. Many professional
> (and amateur) photographers use RAW format rather than the heavily
> compressed/processed JPEG format. The problem is different camera
> vendors have different RAW formats, and some are proprietary.
>
> Al.
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:17:41 +0100
> From: Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
> To: UK Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> n Wed, 2011-10-26 at 11:11 +0100, George MacLeod wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard <sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > my friend who uses Ubuntu and is a keen photographer has
> > bought a new camera and is haveing problems with it - she says
> >
> > The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any
> > photo editor, gimp included that can process the a55 files.
> >
> > can anyone help?
> >
> > Sarah
> >
> >
> > What format are the images being saved as? If the camera is set to
> > save images in RAW format then they will need to be processed into
> > something else such as JPG or TIF She should be able to set the
> > camera to save images as JPG etc.
> > Seoras
> I suggested this but she needs to save them as RAW files so she gets
> high quality images and good contrast - apparently saving them as jpegs
> mean that she may get too much bleaching in certain images.
> Sarah
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:21:44 +0100
> From: Jon Farmer <jon at bctech.co.uk>
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] sony camers files
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> On 26/10/11 11:06, Alan Pope wrote:
>
> > They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called
> > "gimp-ufraw" which can be installed via software centre.
> >
> > Also there's a package called "rawstudio" which can manipulate RAW files.
> >
> > Al.
> >
>
> You might also consider rawtherapee.
>
> Regards
>
> Jon
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:27:34 +0100
> From: mac <ammonius.grammaticus at gmx.co.uk>
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> On 26/10/2011 11:06, Alan Pope wrote:
> > On 26 October 2011 10:58, Sarah Chard<sarah at streetentertainers.co.uk> wrote:
> >> The camera i am using is the Sony a55 and i can't find any photo editor,
> >> gimp included that can process the a55 files.
> >
> > They're probably RAW files. Gimp has a plugin for that called
> > "gimp-ufraw" which can be installed via software centre.
> >
> > Also there's a package called "rawstudio" which can manipulate RAW files.
>
> Not sure the Sony A55 is supported by UFRaw:
>
> http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Cameras.html
>
> Looks like you may be able to use it if you install the latest version
> of dcraw, which UFRaw uses. See last comment here:
>
> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1037&message=37616086&changemode=1
>
> mac
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> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:39:22 +0100
> From: Haqking <haqking at gmail.com>
> To: ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Linux Courses/Certification/UK (Steven Roberts)
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> FYI
>
> So you know, if you take the CompTIA Linux+ which is 2 exams (LX0-101
> LX0-102), during the admin part of the exam you can give permission for
> your information to be passed onto LPI and so by taking the CompTIA
> Linux+ you will also be awarded LPIC Level 1 as well as Novell Certified
> Linux Administrator, so you get 3 certifications for the price of one
> cert (2 exams)
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Haqking
>
>
>
> On Wed, 2011-10-26 at 09:58 +0000, ubuntu-uk-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> wrote:
> > 1. Linux Courses/Certification/UK (Steven Roberts)
>
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Regards
Gerry
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