> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Malcolm > Stewart > Sent: 16 June 2005 15:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: EOS RAW or JPG > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 5:41 AM > Subject: Re: EOS RAW or JPG > >
> Surely an important aspect to consider as well, is whether in > 10 years time > or so, we will still be able to read our RAW files seeing > that the camera > companies seem reluctant to make their structure public. I > can still print > from my grandfather's negatives made around 1900, but recent > news reports > suggest that this may become more difficult for us - > particularly if we > don't keep a (publicly defined) jpeg as well. > The code for converting canon RAW files to jpg or TIFF is available as reverse engineered open source. Everytime I write CRW files to a CD, I put a copy of the C source code in a seperate directory on the same CD, in addition to JPGs of the RAW images. 20 years from now, assuming I've taken care of my data, I should be able to compile that code and convert my RAW images to JPG or TIFF. Or figure out how to write them to another format. If C/C++ programming isn't your thing (it isn't mine), don't worry, there will still be people who would be able to help you if you can give them the source code. Cheers, Shashvat ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.csfb.com/legal_terms/disclaimer_external_email.shtml ============================================================================== * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
