.RAW2 files need help

[Coco]

I'm thinking about getting a Panasonic Lumix GH3 which takes .jpg or .RAW2 files, Ive been sent some raw2 darks from a friend but Astroart 5 wont stack them ,it doesn't know what they are, same with Deep Sky Stacker.

I'm thinking I will have to manually convert them to a TIFF before stacking... any thoughts?

[Welrod50]

Are you using the latest version of each software? I imagine that the software wont recognise the file extension yet, so your best bet might well be to convert them to Tiffs. Unless someone else has a better idea perhaps? I'm no expert

[Scott]

i'll show my ignorance here...is raw2 a new format of raw files or is it the same as cr2 format and if so, whats the advantages?

[Steve Ward]

Better off thinking about a Canon in all honesty ...

[Coco]

Better off thinking about a Canon in all honesty ...

I have a 40D(in my sig) and use our company 1D MKIII daily for products in the studio..

The GF1 is my favourite camera of the last 4 years, I have a few nice m4/3 lenses and wanted to get a Gh3 and use it on the refractor for wide field... if its not sensitive its no big deal..

[Steve Ward]

Fair enough , you'll just have to learn to get round the software issues and lack of tethered control from APT and/or BYEOS . . .

[dph1nm]

The GH3 is listed as supported by dcraw, which is what Deep Sky Stacker uses to decode RAWs. Have you tried the latest beta version of Deep Sky Stacker?

NigelM

[billhinge]

Likewise Pixinsight will stack .RW2 (panasonic RAW files) - I've used it on a GH2. It will also batch convert them to whatever you want

Before dcraw supported RW2 I used to convert to tiff or dng first

[Coco]

The GH3 is listed as supported by dcraw, which is what Deep Sky Stacker uses to decode RAWs. Have you tried the latest beta version of Deep Sky Stacker?

NigelM

I dont have the latest version but will download and try again, I had another go with the Gh3 in Wilkinson cameras yesterday, although its aimed at video I really like the camera. But also like the Sony Nex 6 after playing about with that too..

[billhinge]

If you are interested in the GH3 then you may find this of interest - the original poster has been using the GH3 , GH2 and a full spectrum GF1 for astrophotography and video

(I modded my GH2 for video by using the 144mb/s firmware hack)

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3376796

In the interest of impartiality I'm sure you will find similar on the Nex forum at the same site but since I don't have a Nex I haven't looked