Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And people were calling me alarmist when I took issue on the amount of proprietary encumberment placed on my digital images. At least I know that my negative/positive images belong completely to me, without any 'licenses' attached to them. I think that it will only get worse from here as the manufacturers fight it out. S. Dimitrov On Apr 20, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Henning Wulff wrote: > Nikon has decided to encrypt the white balance information in their > RAW format files, so that only their own (extra cost) software can get > at it. They also feel that their software is both better than > Photoshop and makes Photoshop superfluous for photographers > > http://www.nikonpro.com/clear_definitions_main.php > > 'Boneheaded' and 'anti-photographer' come readily to mind. Nikon > obviously feels that the RAW images belong to them, and not the > photographer. > > It's bad enough that there are so many proprietary formats for RAW > files out there, but to now encrypt part of them seems really stupid. > I generally convert all my files to the Adobe DNG format for one copy, > to try to give the files longer life. > > What if Kodak had produced a film that could only be printed on their > machines, and that every few years you had to by a new licence to > access it? > > Duhhhh.... > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Slobodan Dimitrov http://sdimitrovphoto.com