In message <54d9aedf.1070...@internode.on.net> on Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:10:23
+1100, Nick Payne <nick.pa...@internode.on.net> said:
nick.payne> On 10/02/2015 17:40, Pascal Obry wrote:
nick.payne> > Le lundi 09 février 2015 à 22:51 +0000, Tony Arnold a écrit :
nick.payne> >> Why is it a terrible idea?
nick.payne> > It is also a bad idea for me. Why? Because the conversion to DNG
offers
nick.payne> > only two bad options:
nick.payne> >
nick.payne> > - convert to DNG and loose encrypted maker specific data.
nick.payne> >
nick.payne> > - convert to DNG and embedded the RAW which double the size of
the file
nick.payne> >
nick.payne> > DNG was/is a good idea but won't fly unless the major camera
makers
nick.payne> > (Nikon, Canon, Sony, Pentax) embrasse it. AFAIK there is only
Leica
nick.payne> > which is using it natively.
nick.payne>
nick.payne> My Ricoh GR uses DNG as its raw format (as does the Ricoh GXR), and
nick.payne> Pentax SLRs have the option of using DNG as raw format. I also have
a
nick.payne> Nexus 5 which, with Android 5 and the FV-5 camera app, will capture
DNG
nick.payne> raw images...
I've followed this discussion, and I can't really understand what the
issue is. Why should darktable convert all other formats to DNG
instead of just reading them as they are?
Cheers,
Richard
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