Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:40 am
Camera manufacturers have spent millions to get there data out of there cameras and into a format we can use. Most of this development has been done by Nikon and Cannon, but others have invested deeply as well. None of these manufactures are going to abandon this vast investment and go with DNG, at least not in the foreseeable future. Each one of these guys think there method works best with the hardware they have created. It would be like Kodak becoming the engine manufacturer for Ford, Chevy, BMW, Merc, VW and Toyota. They might be able to do it, but it would only perform adequately at best. All manufactures would need to make allowances to be compatible with a common powerplant. If the leading camera brands adopted DNG, performance would be negatively affected, and we would have a hand full of camera brands so much alike that the lens mounts might even become interchangeable. Besides, Kodak has not been leading edge since the 1960's. <LOL>
JMHO, John
"You only get one sunrise and one sunset a day and you only get so many days on the planet. A good photographer does the math and doesn't waste either."
Galen Rowell