DNGMonochrome - the next release...

It's not there yet, but currently after a short break, I'm back at it.

It's still Experiment I (for a potential Experiment II, I need to learn some new stuff first)...

I'm currently working on support for Canon files.

Adobe has a free DNG converter, in which you can convert the Canon RAW files (CR2) to DNG. And since I still have many Canon photos in my own collection, I wanted to see if DNGMonochrome could convert those converted CR2 files to monochrome.

It needed some small adaptations, but currently the EOS 350D, EOS 40D are fully supported, and I'm working on the DNGs converted from CR2 files from the 5D Mark II. That seems to be the only 'problem' camera so far and requires some additional coding, since the Bayer filter doesn't seem to be in the correct place for DNGMonochrome.

I've also introduced a new setting for red and blue filtering. It will be possible to filter according to a strength setting (ranging from 'full' to 25%). Especially a 50% red setting gives nice results, possibly comparable to an orange filter.

Not sure yet when the release will be, but I hope within two weeks from now...

Zhouzhuang, China, December 2007...

Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 converted to DNG and then to red filtered monochrome with DNGMonochrome...