convert .raf to .raw

Ok im sure this will have been covered but what i need to find out and
i have done a good look through the group with out finding the answer
but what i need to do is...
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files
so i can edit them in Iphoto under OSX.

I have been using Adobe lightroom which can handle the format (.raf)
but its built in editing is not that good at the moment.


anyway any ideas ?

Joe

Joe wrote:
Ok im sure this will have been covered but what i need to find out and
i have done a good look through the group with out finding the answer
but what i need to do is...
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files
so i can edit them in Iphoto under OSX.

I have been using Adobe lightroom which can handle the format (.raf)
but its built in editing is not that good at the moment.


anyway any ideas ?

RAW files from any camera (regardless of the file extension) are specific to
that brand and possibly even to that camera model. You can't simply "convert"
one raw format to another. You either need to use an appropriate converter
utility, as supplied by the camera maker, to convert it into a standard image
format like JPEG or TIFF, or your software of choice needs to be able to import
the format itself (usually done using a plug-in).

ahhh ok thanks for that
Matt Ion wrote:
Joe wrote:
Ok im sure this will have been covered but what i need to find out and

anyway any ideas ?

RAW files from any camera (regardless of the file extension) are specific to
that brand and possibly even to that camera model. You can't simply "convert"
one raw format to another. You either need to use an appropriate converter
utility, as supplied by the camera maker, to convert it into a standard image
format like JPEG or TIFF, or your software of choice needs to be able to import
the format itself (usually done using a plug-in).

Matt Ion wrote:
Joe wrote:
Ok im sure this will have been covered but what i need to find out and
i have done a good look through the group with out finding the answer
but what i need to do is...
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files
so i can edit them in Iphoto under OSX.

anyway any ideas ?

RAW files from any camera (regardless of the file extension) are specific to
that brand and possibly even to that camera model. You can't simply "convert"
one raw format to another.

Well, you can sort of do it.

You can convert most RAW formats to DNG, which is sort of a "generic
RAW". You can get the converter from Adobe for free from he
http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/

I don't know whether or not the DNG converter supports .RAF, nor do I
know whether or not IPhoto supports DNG, but it's worth a shot.

- Darryl

On 30 Aug 2006 01:02:34 -0700 in rec.photo.digital, "Joe"
wrote,
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files

While we are at it, what software can convert .jpg to .raw to give
to people who ask for the raw files?

David Harmon schrieb:
On 30 Aug 2006 01:02:34 -0700 in rec.photo.digital, "Joe"
wrote,
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files

While we are at it, what software can convert .jpg to .raw to give
to people who ask for the raw files?
I think I read that nikon capture nx can do this.
Not sure though.

Lots of Greetings!
Volker
--
For email replies, please substitute the obvious.

David Harmon wrote:
On 30 Aug 2006 01:02:34 -0700 in rec.photo.digital, "Joe"
wrote,
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files

While we are at it, what software can convert .jpg to .raw to give
to people who ask for the raw files?

There ain't any that will do any good. Why would those people ask for a
RAW file? To get more detail, and have more latitude in making
adjustments; or you tell me. The best you can do is convert the jpeg to
PSD and hope that'll do, but it won't create a file with more detail
than the jpeg already has.

--
John McWilliams

wrote:
[snip]
I don't know whether or not the DNG converter supports .RAF,

Yes, for a specific set of Fujifilm cameras:
http://www.barry.pearson.name/articl...n.htm#fujifilm
http://www.barry.pearson.name/articl...n.htm#examples

nor do I
know whether or not IPhoto supports DNG, but it's worth a shot.

Yes, but not for all variants & all cameras. It has a rather "crippled"
level of DNG support. (So have the other Apple products).

--
Barry Pearson
http://www.barry.pearson.name/photography/

Volker Hetzer wrote:
David Harmon schrieb:
[snip]
While we are at it, what software can convert .jpg to .raw to give
to people who ask for the raw files?

I think I read that nikon capture nx can do this.
[snip]

No. NX can convert a JPEG to NEF, but not "raw NEF". NEF (like DNG) is
more than just a raw file format.

--
Barry Pearson
http://www.barry.pearson.name/photography/

When they ask for a RAW file its because they want to do all corrections
themselves or insure that its not been edited....either or both. If you
shoot JPGs then send them the file as it comes from the camera and explain
that its the file from the camera. Or...you can shoot RAW like most pros.

Lots of news lately about photoshopped art ...and photographers and editors
are loosing jobs over it...they are just taking precautions.

If you edit for color balance and contrast...that's fair...ask if you can
send both the original to prove its not edited for content and the corrected
version to be sure it looks right to you...as you were there and they were
not.

--
Thanks,
Gene Palmiter
(visit my photo gallery at http://palmiter.dotphoto.com)
freebridge design group

"Joe" wrote in message
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Ok im sure this will have been covered but what i need to find out and
i have done a good look through the group with out finding the answer
but what i need to do is...
Convert .RAF files taken on a fuji film fine pix camera to .RAW files
so i can edit them in Iphoto under OSX.

I have been using Adobe lightroom which can handle the format (.raf)
but its built in editing is not that good at the moment.


anyway any ideas ?

Joe