The main argument for DNG is that it is more likely that one will be able
to open and edit a DNG file using using specific software than a NEF or CR2
file ten or twenty years down the road. I know of several people who are
doing DNG conversion for that reason. Additionally, DNG files are typically
from 15% to 20% smaller than NEF and CR2 files and the DNG format includes
a checksum that can detect file corruption.
Best, F.
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 08:38:24 +0100
From: Pascal Obry <pas...@obry.net>
Subject: Re: [Darktable-users] DNG conversion
To: Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net>
Cc: darktable-users <darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
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2015-02-10 8:10 GMT+01:00 Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net>:
> My Ricoh GR uses DNG as its raw format (as does the Ricoh GXR), and
> Pentax SLRs have the option of using DNG as raw format. I also have a
> Nexus 5 which, with Android 5 and the FV-5 camera app, will capture DNG
> raw images...
Good to know indeed! But again if this is natively supported you don't need
to convert to DNG. So the answer is still that it is an horrible idea
to *convert*
to DNG.
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