Is it possible to convert Kodak Photo CD (PCD) files to DNG ??

I have hundreds of Kodak Photo CD and Pro Photo CD images and I would like to archive them all to Adobe DNG format. What is the best method? In Photoshop CS2 on a Mac G5 I can open the PCD files and save as TIFF, but I would prefer to archive in DNG. Ideas and comments appreciated.
Thanks,
Britt Stokes

RAW is demoasiced data. RAW processors are required to work with that data, <br />basically convert it to bitmap.<br /><br />RAW data/RAW same thing in my book, RAW data is just not as simple a way of <br />putting it as it should have been. :)<br /><br />Robert<br /><br /><[email protected]> wrote in message <br />news:[email protected]..<br />> On Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:40:55 -0700, [email protected]<br />> wrote:<br />><br />>>RAW Data isn't bitmap that is what ACR, Lightroom and other raw processing <br />>>programs<br />>>do convert the raw data to bitmap data.<br />><br />> RAW is not bitmap, you mean, it is not a special subset of TIFF? How<br />> are image data stored in RAW files?<br />><br />><br />><br />> -- <br />> Dierk<br />> [DH² Publishing]<br />> www.DH2Publishing.info<br />> Writing and Imaging<br />>

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