I didn't see your post on the list, George, nor do I see it in the archives.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: George Sinos > I didn't mean to sound critical of your post Shel. > > I agree that the proprietary formats are a bad thing for the > photographer and photography in general. > > I'm a big fan of DNG and convert my raw files immediately. > > There's a couple of reasons. First of all, with Adobe's clout, I > think DNG will eventually be the PDF of Raw files. PDF is one of the > few file formats I can count on using anywhere. I'm guessing DNG will > eventually have the same reach. > > Second, when I make edits with Adobe's raw converter, the changes are > stored within the DNG file and I don't need to deal with those XMP > sidecar files anymore. > > As a side issue, the very recent release of version 4 of Picture > Window Pro now includes a raw converter. The first public beta didn't > handle DNG files well. The initial response (and Digital Light and > Color is an extremely responsive company) was that they were > considering adding DNG as a format and may do it at a future time. > > They received customer feedback that many of us immediately convert to > DNG and don't use the original proprietary Raw files. Within a few > days DNG was supported. > > I think this is a story that will be repeating itself quite often in the future. > > I don't care so much that a product doesn't support PEF as long as it > supports DNG. The DNG converter supports PEF so all is fine. > > See you later, gs > <http://georgesphotos.net> > > On 4/27/06, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have heard that there was a bias in the survey, but it still seemed like > > a good idea to post the link. Perhaps some discussion will ensue here as a > > result, or, when the survey results are posted later in the week, people > > will be aware of it and may read comments at the OpenRaw site. > > > > IMO, it's an important issue, and the survey, regardless of the bias, > > may/could be a starting point for deeper and more valid discussions, as > > well as a possible impetus for changes. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > [Original Message] > > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi > > > > > A natural considering that the survey was conceived and written by > > > the folks manning the desk at OpenRaw.org. I found the survey > > > questions somewhat biased to a conclusion. > > > > > > > On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > > > The results of the first ever worldwide survey of raw format users > > > > goes > > > > online this week - and the vast majority of them express deep > > > > concern about > > > > the lack of open standards. > > > > > > > > http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=326410 > > > > > > > > > > > > Shel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
