[Leica] RAW archiving

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

I disagree - I think, on the whole, Adobe have monopoly control of their
niche in the software business, while Nikon/Canon do not in their niche in
the hardware business. Who would you be scared of - the guys with no
competition, or the guys who have competition? I would be far more wary of
Adobe....
Cheers
Jayanand

On Dec 10, 2007 2:08 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com> wrote:

> If Adobe were attempting to pull a Microsoft they'd have a proprietary
> file format for DNG. They do not. DNG is fully described which is
> precisely why we tend to want to use it. Nikon, however, HAS pulled a
> Microsoft in attempting to hold some raw nformation hostage. I try to
> save files in fully documented and (preferably) open and even ISO
> standard formats when they are available.
>
> Adam
>
> On Dec 9, 2007 12:43 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Surely Adobe is trying to pull a Microsoft on us? Surely Nikon & Canon
> have
> > less incentive to do so?
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> > On Dec 9, 2007 12:51 PM, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
> >
> > > DNG is documented.
> > >
> > >
> > > > Whyconvert to DNG? Keep the RAW files and a couple of copies of the
> > > > converter software of choice backed up in removable hard drives.. I
> > > presume
> > > > that Nikon and Canon will at least survive as long as Adobe - I also
> > > trust
> > > > them far more than I trust Adobe in all this.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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