[NBLUG/talk] Digital cameras

[Eric Eisenhart]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 12:19:47AM -0800, Troy Arnold wrote:
> Well, there are other issues.  Some cameras use proprietary RAW formats.

Basically, all the cameras anybody here's likely to buy do their RAW format
in a proprietary way.

The worst would be Canon, Foveon, Nikon, Phase One and Sony, as at least
some of their cameras use encryption of some sort in RAW files for some of
their cameras.

And, of course, Canon and Nikon are the two companies you really want to go
with if you want a Digital SLR.

If you're interested in photography where RAW format actually makes sense
(high-quality images that you can adjust the whitebalance on at home instead
of before taking the picture), Adobe's "Digital Negative" (DNG) format seems
to be where things are headed.  Still proprietary, but "open proprietary"
like PDF.  Hasselblad, Leica, Ricoh and Samsung appear to be the 4
manufacturers with some kind of native DNG format.  If you can afford a
Hasselblad, please bring it to a meeting and let us all drool near it. 
Maybe even push some buttons; they've got some 39-megapixel units now...
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Eric Eisenhart
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