On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 10:18:14AM -0500, Cory Papenfuss wrote: > > Ideally, Adobe would release an open-source converter that could > interpret the proprietary tags in the manufacturers' RAW files and convert > them into DNG's. An alternative would be for the manufacturers to allow > similar utilities to be written by publishing the specificiations for > (all parts of) their RAW files. THEN there would be merit. > > -Cory
Those suggestions aren't really alternatives - they are the same thing. As you point out, the camera manufacturers are not prepared to release the specifications of their proprietary RAW file formats. Until that happens, Adobe are bound by the terms of their licensing agreement with the camera manufacturers, which I am sure would prevent them from doing what you ask. After all, there's no benefit to Adobe in having the DNG converter be a binary-only distribution; they don't charge for it. An open-source version would serve their purpose at least as well (if not better). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
