Kevin Mark wrote:
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 05:25:10PM -0400, Bernard wrote:Luckily some kind developer found this out and after bugging the companies, got the needed specs. There was a story about this maybe 2years ago.
Indeed the developer was a kind one but he didn't get the information from the companies. dcraw *reverse engineers* almost all the RAW formats that it supports. The RAW formats have either just compression or encryption of the metadata and sometimes both of them. dcraw continues to crack every new RAW format metadata encryption/compression which comes with newer generation digital cameras.
From the openraw.org website I found out that Sony has acknowledged their survey report and gave an indication that that future products will take into consideration the data and customer's desires. Other major manufacturers like Canon and Nikon don't seem to have changed their stance. But dcraw creator is still up for cracking any new encryptions the manufacturers use for their new products.
/KS