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"Open RAW" Working Group announcement
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- slr-systems FAQ project: http://tinyurl.com/6m9aw -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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Randy W. Sims wrote:
Alan Browne wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp Bravo! Why? -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- slr-systems FAQ project: http://tinyurl.com/6m9aw -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:17:03 -0400, Alan Browne
wrote: Randy W. Sims wrote: Alan Browne wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp Bravo! Why? Eh? This will be a good resource for software developers. I'd like to see more RAW converters out there.... more choice = happy me. -- Owamanga! http://www.pbase.com/owamanga |
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Owamanga wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:17:03 -0400, Alan Browne wrote: Randy W. Sims wrote: Alan Browne wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp Bravo! Why? Eh? This will be a good resource for software developers. I'd like to see more RAW converters out there.... more choice = happy me. Let him answer for himself; your opinion noted. Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- slr-systems FAQ project: http://tinyurl.com/6m9aw -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:03:32 -0400, "Randy W. Sims"
wrote: Alan Browne wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp Bravo! Eh? Encore Encore!!!! |
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Alan Browne wrote:
Randy W. Sims wrote: Alan Browne wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0504/05...aw_website.asp Bravo! Why? From a practical standpoint, my primary OS is (Debian) GNU/Linux. I should be able to work in Linux as easily as in Windows to process photos that I took on my camera. It's also important that manufacturers understand the needs of all of its users. An organization or entity that proactively pursues open RAW formats can be a voice for users. It's important for users to have a voice to help influence the makers of products. It's beneficial for both users and manufacturers. From an idealogical standpoint, I believe in open software and open standards. I also participate in open software projects (mostly Perl related). I'm not fanatical about it, as I also believe in proprietary softare. The only time I get religous about it is when companies try to lock users in so that they don't have any alternatives. This isn't so much about software as it is about standards and formats. It's like someone coming along and making html files proprietary, saying you can only create them from X editor and you can only view them from Y browser. It limits users arbitrarily without any good reason. What if Y browser doesn't work on my OS? Now I have to switch OS or get an extra machine to run it... or find an alternative to html. Open standards also help to foster larger communities. Right now there are lots of applications that can read and process NEF RAW files, for example. Nikon users have plenty of options on most OS to process their photos. If Nikon starts encrypting parts of its files, it will limit those options. It takes away any investments users have made in purchasing or obtaining such applications, and learning to use them and to work in a certain way. Now users MUST change the way they do things because someone else says so. It's worse than if it had been a closed format from the beginning. It's always bad to take away from your users without really good reasons. There are undoubtably other good reasons and people who could voice them better than I. This is already starting to sound very religous, so I'll shutup now. Randy. |
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Randy W. Sims wrote:
There are undoubtably other good reasons and people who could voice them better than I. This is already starting to sound very religous, so I'll shutup now. Not at all. Your reasons seem generally well presented and not zealous. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- slr-systems FAQ project: http://tinyurl.com/6m9aw -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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Read this on another forum. If you're interested in the controversy, you
need to read this webpage "Dave Coffin of DCRaw has decrypted the Nikon NEF white balance and has made it publicly available. What is interesting about it is that he says that Phase One, Foveon, Canon and Sony all encrypt their raw format. That makes the Adobe attack on Nikon appear to have a hidden agenda. http://www.cybercom.net/~dcoffin/dcraw/ " |
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