Hey Terry, with a little luck, one of your students will be a lawyer and another will be a programmer and new camera support (probably not just Canon) may sprout out of your course.
Terry Pinfold <tpinf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Ivan. If I could code I would love to contribute to DT. I hope one > day I learn to code when I retire. In > the meantime one of my jobs is teaching photography and imaging through Adult > Education classes. One of > the programs I recommend and teach is Darktable. Between Darktable and GIMP > 99% of my imaging needs > are covered. I am like the local ambassador for both DT and GIMP. I am just > hoping the legal concerns around > CR3 files is resolved so the volunteer coders are not afraid of being sued by > Canon. If I was picking on anyone > it was Canon and not the great team of developers at DT. I am never going to > bitch at someone who invests > their time for free developing great programs like DT, GIMP and Rawtherapee. > > Also, I apologize to Martin for directly emailing him rather than doing a > forum post. It was just an error with my > mouse. I posted this response earlier which was meant for the forum: I am > sorry if it came out as a criticism. I > really appreciate the effort that everyone puts into DT. It would be a shame > if DT can not read CR3 because > Canon has not played nicely with the developers. My understanding is that the > developers are afraid of legal > action by Canon. I am hoping this is resolved. Please don't take offense at a > simple question. I do not own a > CR3 canon, but I recommend DT to everyone and am hoping that those who have a > CR3 camera will be able to > take advantage of the great program. I am not sure why my simple question > could cause offense and > apologise that it did. > > Again, thanks to all the developers of DT. Here is one user who really > appreciates the great job you have > done. Maybe manufacturers like Canon should throw some support your way > rather than being a hindrance. > You only make the images that their cameras take look even better. I for one > won't be buying a new Canon > while I can not process the images in DT. Criticism of Canon not DT. > > On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 at 17:36, I. Ivanov <iv3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not everybody can code. This does not mean they don't contribute in some > way. But to rephrase it - yes - it would be sad if CR3 is not available. > Nothing to do with demand - it is just acknowledging the reality. > > On 4/29/21 22:12, Martin Straeten wrote: > > Why would that be a shame? There’s nothing in darktable coded by itself. > It will be available if it’s > coded by someone in his spare time. Why blaming someone to spend his > lifetime not for fulfilling your > demands? > > grass doesn’t grow faster if you pull on it … > > > > > >> Am 30.04.2021 um 02:25 schrieb Terry Pinfold <tpinf...@gmail.com>: > >> > >> > >> I am just wondering if there is any confirmation on CR3 file support in > DT3.0. It would be such a > shame if this support is not available. I have read the online discussions > about the issue and hope a > resolution has been found. > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user > mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > >> = > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > > -- > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list to > unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org > = > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Alternatives: > > ---------------------------------------------------- -- Bill Wohler <woh...@newt.com> aka <bill.woh...@nasa.gov> http://www.newt.com/wohler/, GnuPG ID:610BD9AD ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.org
