Originally posted by Venturi What he is saying is that when LR first scans the card to show you what it is about to import it pulls the JPEG thumbnail that is embedded in the RAW (PEF or DNG) file to display it as a "preview".
Then during the actual importation process it fully reads the RAW image and generates the final preview from that.
As an experiment to demonstrate this do the following:
With the camera set to RAW...
Go into the Fn menu, click OK to go to Custom Image and select Monochrome (BW).
Now take a photo.
Import that photo into LR.
The thumbnail will be in black & white, but when you go to Loup mode it will change right back to the original color RAW image.
Jim, I agree on the import JPEG to raw file as it develops on the computer screen. my question was a little off topic, but in the same context.
Let me refrase the question as its own, When I look at the preview screen on my camera, am I looking at the RAW file I just shot or a JPEG conversion? I would assume since I don't shoot JPEG that it would be the actual raw file I see. I just want to confirm.
One would think I know this already, but some how it escapes me.
John