[Leica] RE: Trying to understand M8

[lmc at interlink.es (Luis Miguel Castañeda)]

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.




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