Originally posted by mblanc I am also interested to know peoples thoughts on whether the benefits outweigh the added time spent converting formats. Thanks
I missed this first time around.
It takes only a few clicks to "extract a jpg" in a batch using the Pentax software (select the images, click the command, designate a location ). It will give you the jpg that is embedded in the PEF file, and does a whole card in less than a minute. I do this all the time to compare near-dupes (using a different viewer than Pentax however).
If you choose to actually convert the files, it is the same clicks (different command) and it may take several minutes depending on quantity and the power of your computer - probably as long as a bathroom break and finding something on TV (good luck there). You can go back and tweak the ones that could use it.
This is not really time-consuming.