Eos D20 - RAW Images

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Hi - After many years using film I have recently moved to digital and
bought myself a Canon Eos D20.
I understand that to achieve optimum quality I need to shoot images in
RAW format and open them up on editing software to process them. At
this point I'd appreciate some help as although I have taken several
images in RAW + JPEG format I'm not clear as to how to open the RAW
Images.
When I connect the camera to the PC I download the Images using XP
which are listed as the JPEG Images. I have the Canon software Eos
viewer,Digital Photo professional, as well as Adobe elements 2.0 and
Photoshop ver 5.0.
Basically what i'm trying to achieve is the the best possible image
ready for printing and am not too concerned about file size etc at this
stage.
How do I access the RAW Images from the camera what steps do I then
take to achieve best possible results ?
Sorry if this is basic stuff for some but after using Fuji Velvia for
so many years RAW & TIFF etc is all new to me.
Your help is appreciated - Eos

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Hi - Thanks for the Info but I still have one very basic question - how
do I download the RAW Images from the camera to the PC ?
I have created a folder as you suggest and notice that the DPP software
allows you to view images only and then judging by the Icons perhaps
make some basic adjustments to the Image.
The JPEG Images taken are downloaded quite easily using XP but to date
I have not read how to to transfer the RAW images from camera to PC in
the first instance.
I assume this is possible with the parts supplied with camera and
without the need of a card reader etc ?
I'm not sure at this stage wether Photoshop 5.0 is Ok for editing the
files but if so is it best to save the file as a Tiff File as a local
printing company has previously told me it is easier for them to save
my images on Disk as JPEGS.
I will be saving the files on Disk and getting them printed elsewhere
at this stage but am unsure what the preferred format is to allow the
best possible print. I was assuming that most digital printing
companies could handle Tiff images presented on Disk.
Thanks for your help it is much appreciated.

Eos.
















Bill Hilton wrote:
> >I'm not clear as to how to open the RAW
> >Images. ... I have the Canon software Eos
> >viewer, Digital Photo professional, Photoshop ver 5.0.
>
> Just copy the RAW files to a directory from your CF card (good idea
to have a
> directory called "raw archives" or similar and keep all of the RAW
files
> together so you can back them up easily), open DPP and double-click
one of the
> RAW files to open it and start processing.
>
> >what steps do I then
> >take to achieve best possible results ?
>
> Adjust to taste and convert to a tiff, then open in Photoshop ... if
you had
> Photoshop CS I'd suggest the book "Camera RAW with Adobe Photoshop
CS" since
> there are edits that are better done in the RAW converter and edits
that are
> better done in Photoshop and this book explains why very well.
>
> The DPP manual explains how to make the basic edits with DPP but
many/most
> people prefer other RAW converters like BreezeBrowser or Photoshop CS
or Phase
> One Capture One LE.

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>From: "Eos" eos9@hotmail.com

>how do I download the RAW Images from the camera to the
>PC ?

The three Canon dSLRs I've used came with a cable which allows you to connect
directly from the camera to the PC. I've never done it that way, but that
option is there for you. It's explained in the manual.

What I do is transfer via a USB card reader (which you'll need to buy
separately, I think $20 or so should get you a good USB 2 model) ... just
connect the card reader to the PC USB port, pop the card from the camera and
insert into the reader and it will look like a removeable disk.

>I will be saving the files on Disk and getting them printed elsewhere
>at this stage but am unsure what the preferred format is to allow the
>best possible print.

Most of the print shops want a jpeg in sRGB space, unless you are going to get
large prints made from an expensive Chromira or LightJet or similar, in which
case they'll want 8 bit tiffs in AdobeRGB space. Ask the printer, but if it's
a Costco or Wal-mart type place odds are they want jpegs.

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Eos wrote:
> Hi - Thanks for the Info but I still have one very basic question -
how
> do I download the RAW Images from the camera to the PC ?
> I have created a folder as you suggest and notice that the DPP
software
> allows you to view images only and then judging by the Icons perhaps
> make some basic adjustments to the Image.
> The JPEG Images taken are downloaded quite easily using XP but to
date
> I have not read how to to transfer the RAW images from camera to PC
in
> the first instance.
> I assume this is possible with the parts supplied with camera and
> without the need of a card reader etc ?
> I'm not sure at this stage wether Photoshop 5.0 is Ok for editing the
> files but if so is it best to save the file as a Tiff File as a local
> printing company has previously told me it is easier for them to save
> my images on Disk as JPEGS.
> I will be saving the files on Disk and getting them printed elsewhere
> at this stage but am unsure what the preferred format is to allow the
> best possible print. I was assuming that most digital printing
> companies could handle Tiff images presented on Disk.
> Thanks for your help it is much appreciated.
>
> Eos.
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> Bill Hilton wrote:
> > >I'm not clear as to how to open the RAW
> > >Images. ... I have the Canon software Eos
> > >viewer, Digital Photo professional, Photoshop ver 5.0.
> >
> > Just copy the RAW files to a directory from your CF card (good idea
> to have a
> > directory called "raw archives" or similar and keep all of the RAW
> files
> > together so you can back them up easily), open DPP and double-click
> one of the
> > RAW files to open it and start processing.
> >
> > >what steps do I then
> > >take to achieve best possible results ?
> >
> > Adjust to taste and convert to a tiff, then open in Photoshop ...
if
> you had
> > Photoshop CS I'd suggest the book "Camera RAW with Adobe Photoshop
> CS" since
> > there are edits that are better done in the RAW converter and edits
> that are
> > better done in Photoshop and this book explains why very well.
> >
> > The DPP manual explains how to make the basic edits with DPP but
> many/most
> > people prefer other RAW converters like BreezeBrowser or Photoshop
CS
> or Phase
> > One Capture One LE.