[hotspur (Chris)]

Hello.

I have only just started using the Canon G12 which I received a couple months.

Here a couple of images from a couple of nights ago,I can fit the G12 in the same small bag as my 50D and 400L.

I want to start using this G12 for hunting episodes-the movie function could be useful.The manual setting appeals to me for this type of photography.Now I switched into JPEG/RAW at the same time,and thought I'd play around with these test images of this hunter-I rarely take anyone with me so I thought I'd take these images as the sun set.

However,when I go to open up RAW in CS5 I get a message pop up

"file appears to be from a camera which is not supported by the installed version of camera raw".

So wondering if anyone knows what I might need to do,to open RAW.Not sure how the G12 is going to go,but apparently its a lot more of a camera than the usual Point and Shoot cameras.So I hope to use it for some sort of wildlife and 'in the field' shots.There is a lot to be said for small compact cameras.Leon took some amazing images of a large python eating a wallaby a while ago,with a PS style camera,and it now appears they are set for a world audience.To take a large D/SLR on a late afternoon walk is a bit un-enjoyable,but a small compact camera is less of an ask.

So any advice on using a G12 or similar and its RAW files would be appreciated.As it seems a neat camera.

These two images taken at 1/30 sec F 3.2 image 1 iso 800,image 2 iso 400 at 6.11 pm.No pp just the JPEG out of camera.Flash was fired.Please let me know which you prefer out of these two,ideas and crittique welcomed)

Thanks Chris