mrsparky opened this issue on Mar 26, 2007 · 23 posts
mrsparky posted Thu, 29 March 2007 at 11:21 AM
Attached Link: http://www.graphicregion.com/ablerawer.htm
Typo on my part - 6500 FD. So far the solution is as Sans2012 and Lew suggests - use RAW.However windows doesn't allow show the RAW files on the camera, if it does sometimes show them as .BMP files but won't allow cutting or copying.
A workaround is to use a card reader and make sure all files are shown in explorer. Or if you have access to an old copy of the NT developers CD's - good old file manager. The NT discs contains a version which works perfect under XP. stuff that Explorer refuses to show can be seen perfectly in this way.
By using the reader it shows the files and the correct filetype for these files - .RAF. Kinda of ironic really that a discounted 5 pound ($2.50) Fuji DCR2-XD reader can access the files whereas a 200-300 pound Fuji camera can't :)
But thats not the whole story - you still have to convert the RAW/RAF files. Loading these in PSP and Photoshop 6 doesn't work, but using Able RAWer, a freeware conversion (link above) tool, seems to convert reasonably well.
The conversion process takes a short while, but the white balance and the gamma seems out .
This I don't think is a flaw of the programme but of the mutiple implementations of the RAW and RAF fomats used by manufacturers. If i can find a better freeware conversion tool I'll post the link here.