Iphoto raw conversion

I have a new Sony ax65 SLT camera and I would like to know if Iphotos converts raw images into jpeg better than if I were just to shoot in jpeg mode and let the camera compress it all
I know you can get photoshop or lighthouse to convert raw images but from what I have read it can be a bit of a process on a imac

Rainer,
for the following cameras is the raw format supported in iPhoto: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5955
I cannot find your camera "Sony ax65 SLT" on the list of supported camera. Is "Sony ax65 SLT" the same model as "Sony Alpha SLT-A65"? Then it would be supported, but if not, you cannot use the RAW format from the camera directly with iPhoto.
and I would like to know if Iphotos converts raw images into jpeg better than if I were just to shoot in jpeg mode and let the camera compress it all
RAW developement is widely a matter of taste. iPhoto uses the same RAW support as the professional application Aperture, and it is really good. But since it is specific for each camera, it is hard to give a general answer.
I know you can get photoshop or lighthouse to convert raw images but from what I have read it can be a bit of a process on a imac
Shooting in RAW is advantagous, if you need to do a lot of editing. But if you are not planning to do much editing and like the way your camera developes the raw, shoot JPEG. This way you will see directly when taking the photo, how it will turn out and are not in for surprises later. If you want to use in-camera settings and special programs your camera offers, you can only use them when shooting JPEG.

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No
You simply have to set your editing program as the external editor for iPhoto - in the iPhoto preferences you can choose to send RAW to the external editor or not - if you do then once you edit the photo you must save it to the desktop and import the modified photo into iPhoto creating a new photo - if you do not pass it as RAW then you save in the editor and it is returned to iPhoto and the database properly updated
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and
Unless you have very unusual requirements your work flow seems uncessary and overly complicated to me
as to
but if I want to see the original RAW file, and the edited versions stored within iPhoto
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I would also like know if there is any way to use the RAW adjustments I make in Photoshop in iPhoto - without saving a copy in some other format.
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I think when you drag a picture it assumes you're trying to use it for something, like an export, so it gives you the JPEG. It's a whole lot easier to click "edit" than to drag it to Photoshop anyway.
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I have noticed on close inspection of my RAW images that that Apertures RAW conversion is less than poor. I shoot with a Nikon D70 and any dark areas on my images come out very dirty. I have tried correcting this using the new 1.1 controls but this doesnt help. However, when I open the same images on Lightroom, iPhoto or even Preview they come out fine, with a lot of detail!
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Hi All,
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Look here and tell me you don't see it...
http://web.njit.edu/~russell/D70s.html
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Hi Hal,
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Database:
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/C# code:
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using System.Data;
using System.Text;
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/// </summary>
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}Maybe the part about creating the byte array is what you are missing...
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Hi,
When I create JPGs from my Raw files, the results don't look natural. Some colors have more saturation, some less. For example, the colors of the KoMi A series look somehow dirty; the reds of the Maxxum 5D seem to be oversaturated (dark reds are to bright, brown faces look rather pinkish).
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Here is my equipment:
Cameras: Konica Minolta A2, Minolta A1, Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D.
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Martin

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Regards,
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