Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 17/09/2006, at 13:05, G Hopkinson wrote: > I'm just a big fan of standardization, in principle. Compete in the > market by all means, but don't be arrogant and force people into > a proprietary standard that may or may not exist later. We're living in the moving ground of every beginning... I do like standarization, more than that, it's the only way to go into complex designs. I saw the Nikon format as a legal move in their own defense against omnipotence of Adobe; let's face it, it's the best tool ever but also it's very very close to a industrial monopoly if it isn't yet. Adobe does not need collaboration from any brand to support any custom raw once they have enough files, the only thing I saw there was nothing but a legal seal to force Adobe to talk with them ( as it happened ) in order of a support what was a mutual need. IMHO they're only trying to tie-up some precedents to do not end being just a subindustrie driven by the growing in importance and unavoidable digital post-processing, that's all. In fact, my only complaint to DNG is that it's a unilateral proposal instead a more desirable consensual standard. Saludos ----------------------------------------- http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/