DXO jokes: DX20 supported NOT K20D

Today I figured out: DXO Optics pro now supports the GX20 with the Samsung D-Xenon 18-250mm and the 12-24 (Tamron and Samsung)

The fun is: They neither support the Pentax versions of the lenses, nor do they support the K20D!

I bought the software initaly to use it with the K10D and the DA* lenses, but because of some bugs in there modules, I could not use the modules untill that moment I had allready bougt the K20D.

And now this!

What is your opinion on this company?

I had considered using them before. But now I would not touch their software with a 10 foot pole ;-)

There is WIDE SPREAD problem with their software (it's an alpha at best). However, my issue is with the type of "root kill" trojan software they include with their application which reports all sort of information back to them, and it can NOT be un-installed. The only way to get rid of it is to reinstall the operating system.

I think the sooner you get out of a bad relationship, the better for your well being. ;-)

rapsel said:

Today I figured out: DXO Optics pro now supports the GX20 with the
Samsung D-Xenon 18-250mm and the 12-24 (Tamron and Samsung)

The fun is: They neither support the Pentax versions of the lenses,
nor do they support the K20D!

I bought the software initaly to use it with the K10D and the DA*
lenses, but because of some bugs in there modules, I could not use
the modules untill that moment I had allready bougt the K20D.

And now this!

What is your opinion on this company?

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.Sam.

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DXO now supports K20D since Version 5.2

But not the 12-24 with the K10D.

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'To see, not with, but through the eye.' [William Blake]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22905474@N06/

PRISCILLA TURNER said:

But not the 12-24 with the K10D.

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'To see, not with, but through the eye.' [William Blake]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22905474@N06/

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I believe PTLens delivers better correction of lens abberations while it is significantly cheaper.

Is there anything else in DxO which makes it a better choice than say ACR/ACDSee/Silkypix/bible/etc ?

Thanks
Alex

Yes, when DxO does work on your lens-body-RAW combo, it's superior in every way. Marvellous detail and NR. If all you need is lens correction, PTLens is very good. For my DP1 files I run that after SPPro and am very pleased.

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'To see, not with, but through the eye.' [William Blake]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22905474@N06/

Thanks for clarifications.
Cheers
Alex

...download the trial, if you like it, then get it. I've noticed people seem to either rave about it or they hate it.

I didn't care for the workflow myself. But the concept of having corrections automatic for lens/camera combinations is nice. The detail rendering was pretty low quality IMO--fine details tended to look chunky or stair-stepped compared to, say, ACR. The noise reduction is good compared to other RAW converters, but it's no match for dedicated NR software like Noiseware.

Bart
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I have DXO and DXO film pack. I too was surprised by what was and wasn't supported. For example, the Fuji 9500 Bridge camera was, but not the virtually identical 9600 - akin to the Samsung/Pentax example given in an earlier post. Likewise, certain lenses would have a module, but would only work with certain camera bodies - said lens was not supported with every camera body on the DXO list. You'd think that once they'd mapped a lens, it would be a simple matter of marrying the data up with all the various bodies supported. But it doesn't seem to work like that. I had an issue with (I think) the Sigma 10-20mm - it being supported on certain bodies but not the one I had - even though that body was supported for other lenses. Either DXO haven't the staff to do the necessary work, or the matching process is more complex and time consuming than one might think.

I like Film Pack very much, and use it quite a lot. DXO I use hardly at all, now. I've sort of 'forgotten' about it. Every time I call it up, I get a message telling me there's an improved version for download. However, when I try to download it, it won't let me!

But, on the cameras and lenses DXO does work with, the results are very good. I was very impressed by the way it corrected the barrel distortion and vignetting of the cheap 18-55mm Pentax kit lens. Providing your camera and lens are supported, DXO is a fast and very effective way to correct your pictures. And you need little or no skill to use it.
J M Hughes

About ten minutes after writing the above post, I went to check my e-mails, and there was one from DXO telling me I was entitled to a free upgrade as I bought DXO after August 2007. How spooky!
J M Hughes

Bart,

Bart Hickman said:

...download the trial, if you like it, then get it. I've noticed
people seem to either rave about it or they hate it.

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Bart Hickman said:

I didn't care for the workflow myself. But the concept of having
corrections automatic for lens/camera combinations is nice. The
detail rendering was pretty low quality IMO--fine details tended to
look chunky or stair-stepped compared to, say, ACR. The noise
reduction is good compared to other RAW converters, but it's no match
for dedicated NR software like Noiseware.

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Thanks for a pretty accurate summary. I think it is aligned with this one:
http://www.photozone.de/conclusion-on-going

I guess I'll skip the trial.

Cheers
Alex

If only they would get the new DA 12-14 and DA 18-250 working with the K10D!

Adri.