Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But isn't the specification for DNG files an open standard, freely published? You can download and use the specification now from Adobe at no charge. The whole point of DNG was that the standard was open. Adam On 9/17/06, Luis Miguel Casta?eda <lmc@interlink.es> wrote: > > On 17/09/2006, at 10:54, G Hopkinson wrote: > > > And they've opted for DNG. So none of those proprietary software > > issues where some information in your picture is hidden from you > > unless you buy their particular software (think Nikon, for one). > > having DNG as raw format is a great idea and the path to follow imho, > but in the other hand, I cannot blame Nikon for its propietary > format, they just want to share the software cake selling licenses - > and recover a bit of development cost - of their own format, in the > end almost none of RAW processors (or photoshop) came up legally for > free and the need of each other's tools is mutual. > > BTW nobody assures that the next DNG support will come for free for > the camera manufacturers if it settles as the industry standard. > > > > > Saludos > ----------------------------------------- > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >