Editing TIFF

[aim54x]

Hey guys, this is a stupid question but I thought I would ask you all for your thoughts.

I have a S5 Pro, and since my D300 is still away at Nikon (it is dragging out) it has become my main camera, but I dont own Fuji's HyperUtility software for RAW processing, and have caved in and installed FinePix Viewer for some RAW processing ability. However, I was wondering if converting to TIFF would preserve the colours from the S5 Pro and still allow me to push and pull the exposure like I can do with RAW (ie NEF in Capture NX2)??

I know someone will say use Adobe, but after watching the colours leach out of my images when they are loaded into lightroom (I shoot RAW + JPG all the time) as lightroom renders its own previews from the RAW I have been a bit put off by this method.

What have I been doing up until now? Sticking my head in the sand about this issue and just using and editing the JPG when needed. Now that I have FinePix Viewer installed I should be able to process the RAW into JPG's that look similiar to the JPG out of camera and hopefully TIFF as well but it doesnt have the power that CaptureNX2 has.

Alternatively, anyone want to donate a copy of HyperUtility HS-V3 to me???

i would also like to note that the D300 can shoot TIFF and will let you fire off 8fps in TIFF so this may have some use for other people as well.

[ATJ]

I know someone will say use Adobe, but after watching the colours leach out of my images when they are loaded into lightroom (I shoot RAW + JPG all the time) as lightroom renders its own previews from the RAW I have been a bit put off by this method.

Have you looked at the Camera Profiles for ACR (which also work in Lightroom)?

I was initially very unhappy with how Lightroom converted my D300 raw files. With the Camera Profiles I was not able to tell the difference between how the raw was displayed in Lightroom from the JPEG.