[Leica] OT - Proprietary formats

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Nikon has decided to encrypt the white balance information in their 
RAW format files, so that only their own (extra cost) software can 
get at it. They also feel that their software is both better than 
Photoshop and makes Photoshop superfluous for photographers

http://www.nikonpro.com/clear_definitions_main.php

'Boneheaded' and 'anti-photographer' come readily to mind. Nikon 
obviously feels that the RAW images belong to them, and not the 
photographer.

It's bad enough that there are so many propietary formats for RAW 
files out there, but to now encrypt part of them seems really stupid. 
I generally convert all my files to the Adobe DNG format for one 
copy, to try to give the files longer life.

What if Kodak had produced a film that could only be printed on their 
machines, and that every few years you had to by a new licence to 
access it?

Duhhhh....

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