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Joezilla
02/08/2006, 02:34 PM
I have been battling PS CS2 for a while over RAW images (LONG story). While doing so I have been shooting simply in jpeg. I finally resolved the CS2 issue and immediately switched my camera to jpeg + RAW mode. What I get are 2 identical jpeg images. I can shoot in RAW only and get RAW format pics, but the RAW + Jpeg results in duplicate Jpegs. I recently upgraded the firmware on the camera, but I have no idea if this is the culprit. Anyone else heard of this?

Joe
Dave
02/08/2006, 04:07 PM
What version of firmware are you on now (I believe it should be 1.0.3)? .... the blurb I'm reading makes no mention of your issue as a fixed problem.
Joezilla
02/08/2006, 08:22 PM
Thats just it. I was using whatever version that came with the camera (1.0.1?) and it was fine. I upgraded to 1.0.3, but because of CS2 issues I never shot in RAW + jpeg format. Two months after upgrading the software, I go back to using the RAW + Jpeg option, and the above happens. I suspect the upgrade caused it, but I have no definite proof. The firmware is the only thing I changed on my camera.
Dave
02/09/2006, 03:39 AM
It seems you are not alone :)

Discussion Thread (http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00DPiF&tag=)
Joezilla
02/09/2006, 12:39 PM
Well, this is sort of it. The CS2 issue was what I was having before. What is described in that thread was why I stopped shooting RAW for a time. You have to download and place the RAW 3.2 in a specific folder (plug in). The problem I seemed to have was I had too many plug in folders and no matter how many folders I placed the plug in into I still could not read RAW files. I got the "not the right kind of file" messages all the time. So I quit shooting in raw. Now I am out to sea and I installed CS2 with the plug in for the first time and it works great. I am able to tweak RAW images all the time now. I think now the problem lies in the camera. I upgraded the firmware in early december, but I did not start shooting in raw again until mid January. When I shoot raw I get a .cr2 image. When I shoot raw + jpeg I get 2 jpeg images. Neither is .cr2. I believe it is due to the upgrade in firmware but since it was so long ago I cannot directly attribute my problems now to that.

I have an email in to Canonand if I ever hear a reply I will post it here.
Dave
02/09/2006, 01:34 PM
I hope you find the answer to your problem.

I can only suggest you PM Newby here, though I've not seen him around in a while, I'm not sure where his work has dragged him off to. He did mention a while back he might be involved in the New Orleans levy reconstruction job which is a long way from home for him (but not as far as you are!)