Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-07 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Yeah, it would be great if you could buy a camera and not have to contend with upgrading your software. The idea of just picking up the camera and making a few shots without additional worries or concerns is very appealing. Over on the Photoshop User-to-User forum people are frequently lamenting

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/7/2006 6:22:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, it would be great if you could buy a camera and not have to contend with upgrading your software. The idea of just picking up the camera and making a few shots without additional worries or concerns is

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-06 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Feb 5, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 Feb 2006 at 21:47, John Francis wrote: It's not just long-winded; it comes up with what I consider to be a totally unrealistic hypothetical camera buying scenario. They are, to my mind, trying too hard to make a point. As such they come

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-06 Thread Adam Maas
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Feb 5, 2006, at 8:00 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 Feb 2006 at 21:47, John Francis wrote: It's not just long-winded; it comes up with what I consider to be a totally unrealistic hypothetical camera buying scenario. They are, to my mind, trying too hard to make a

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-06 Thread Juan Buhler
And frankly, I think this is not such a big issue as they try to make it look. I believe there has been an issue with Nikon files, but that was the exception, no? As far as I'm concerned, my PEF files are pretty much TIFF standard, and it is easy to write software that reads them (I did, hacking

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-06 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 01:51:16PM -0800, Juan Buhler wrote: It would be nice if the whole industry standarized with DNG or something, but i's not like manufacturers are trying to keep people from reading their camera's files. Funny you should mention that ... Nikon, in the D2H, have taken

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/6/2006 1:52:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And frankly, I think this is not such a big issue as they try to make it look. I believe there has been an issue with Nikon files, but that was the exception, no? As far as I'm concerned, my PEF files are

OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-05 Thread Rob Studdert
It's a bit long winded but it you haven't done this survey yet do consider as it is the first international survey of photographers and digital image users about their experiences, requirements, preferences and concerns regarding RAW imaging technology. and hopefully the industry will take

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-05 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 12:57:54PM +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: It's a bit long winded but it you haven't done this survey yet do consider as it is the first international survey of photographers and digital image users about their experiences, requirements, preferences and concerns regarding

Re: OT Survey- Your Perspective On RAW Image Technology

2006-02-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 Feb 2006 at 21:47, John Francis wrote: It's not just long-winded; it comes up with what I consider to be a totally unrealistic hypothetical camera buying scenario. They are, to my mind, trying too hard to make a point. As such they come across rather more like agenda-driven zealots