On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 18:31:35 GMT, "John Doe"
wrote:
I have a 20D but hate Canon to no end. The shipped a product that has flaws and so far have done little to fix it. So if you don’t use TIFF or GIF what do you use? PSD, that is Adobe. BMP, that is Microsoft and I think Apple. Almost all of the formats are owned by someone. They may not charge for use but they are not public domain either.
As for Adobe reinventing the wheel, they didn’t. They invented the wheel since until DNG there was no unified format for RAW images.
Not quite true. There is a RAW standard, but, of course, the way it’s used varies between camera manufacturers. Why? Because they all use different processors/CCDs and consequently the results are all different. Plus some misuse the makers notes and all sorts of other areas as well.
As long as camera makers use different devices and different ways of using the EXIF and IPTC (i.e. forever) there will always be differences and no quasi-open "standard" will fix it.
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