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I’ve loved DxO for a while because it handles distortion correctly. Sadly the move to 5.0 has gone poorly with lots of crashes and even with 5.2, people are still complaining about poor conversion and so forth. It’s not the only example of software taking giant steps backwards. Kind of sad. I have noticed that [...]

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Well, as I’ve been using various programs, it is pretty clear that you have to be pretty careful about using the different programs. Some things you want to do earlier and some later. For instance, you probably want to sharpen last as this really changes the bits. Larry Gerbrandt has some recommendations on workflow that [...]

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I’ve been using DxO v4.5 with good results but the problem is that DxO 5.0 remains quite unstable. In a side-by-side comparison, Lightroom came off as the most decent, but it doesn’t have distortion correction. Almost means I have to stick with Canon’s own DPP which has distortion correction.
Apparently DxO 5.1 is now out and [...]

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Try as I might, I can’t seem to get the Mac and Red River paper to work with my Canon i9900. It just all looks too red. Either I have to swap back to the PC. It all used to work find when I had an ASUS clone up there, so it is something to [...]

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Well, I’ve got a Canon i9900 and pro9000, but the new Epsons look pretty amazing. Luminous Landscape. The main this is it has wider gamut with vivid magenta and are incredibly wide. The 11880 for instance costs $15K and is 64” wide! Most folks think it is between Canon and Epson with Epson pulling ahead [...]

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