Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/20

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Subject: [Leica] OT - Proprietary formats
From: henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)
Date: Wed Apr 20 15:11:21 2005
References: <042020051536.7802.426676E30006B4ED00001E7A22058864420507020A0B@comcast.ne t> <p06210210be8c30ee7050@[10.4.1.193]> <56be5b1d2508b1c6fd03c299012b913d@charter.net> <ffa6973326231c1a8be635278dce70e9@comcast.net>

At 12:44 PM -0700 4/20/05, Eric Ladner wrote:
>On Apr 20, 2005, at 10:01 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov 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
>
>This link goes to a "page not found" message. Do you suppose they 
>might have backed down?
>
>-Eric

Hopefully whoever authorized that page is feeling the heat. Hopefully 
also the guy who authorized this move towards encryption.

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