>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 26/04/2005 10:50:16 >>> >I don't really >understand why companies (Nikon most recently) would want to make their >formats proprietary. They give away their RAW converter programs with >each camera anyway, so they can't be making money from that.
Here in Belgium, you have to pay (100�) to get the Raw convertor with the Nikon D70. I thought in the US the situation was similar. >Just on DNG, I don't quite understand how that can work as a substitute >for a RAW format that comes straight off the sensor (forgetting for the >moment that no camera writes DNG anyway). Wouldn't there have to be some >sort of interpretation of the formats? For example, As far as I understand DNG is a container format. The raw information is stored inside on predefined places. So there should be no interpretation on pixel level. But I could be wrong... Bart
