Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20
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our doe ray me. Call this a pixel tax? Shall we dump Nikon sensors in the
Harbor.
Chris
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From: lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+saganicc=mskcc.org@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Henning
Wulff
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 12:28 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] OT - Proprietary formats
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 propietary 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....
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* Henning J. Wulff
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