On Jul 8, 2008, at 3:36 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: > Thibouille wrote: > >> The thing is, The Pentax software will only recognize compressed DNG >> compressed by itself and NOT DNG compressed by Adobe :( > > Yes, I've noticed that, and this makes the whole DNG thing far less > standardized and appealing than it looks (and should!).
It's what should be called "a defective implementation of the DNG specification by Pentax". They're not the only ones who've produced defective implementations with respect to DNG files. It's not the specification that's at fault, nor Adobe: it is the software vendors who don't seem to understand how to be compliant with a protocol specification. Since I refuse to use PPB/L as it is junk software anyway, the question is moot. I capture in PEF format and convert to DNG on the fly when importing to Lightroom. That renders the correct results for my workflow: compressed RAW files in the camera and properly formatted DNG files on the computer. There's nothing missing from the DNG files created this way, and what "private data" that Lightroom/ Camera Raw/Bridge might not use is not of any consequence to me. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
