Talk:Digital Negative (file format)

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If "raw"=uncompressed, this should probably be stated explicitly in the article... AnonMoos 15:59, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

• "RAW" isn't uncompressed, in fact some RAW formats are indeed comprssed. Conversion from my Fuji's RAF format to Adobe's DNG format loses about 8 MB of size, with no image information lost. Camera RAW is an image captured by a digicam with no preprocessing in the camera. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍)

• RAW file formats can be compressed and uncompressed depending on the camera model and manufacturer. I know that higher end (D200, D3* series) Nikon cameras allow you to choose between compressed and uncompressed RAW (NEF) formats on the fly using the camera's built in menu system.

Here's a discussion on uncompressed vs. compressed Nikon RAW (NEF) formats: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00FKKJ --Ryan Sinn 09:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

• Does anybody have any idea on how "royalty free" DNG is? Is it royalty free because Adobe currently says so... or is it Royalty free in the same sense that the PNG file format is? --Ryan Sinn 09:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Adobe DNG Converter to Digital Negative (file format)

• Merge Per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adobe DNG Converter, the converter may not be independently notable. There were 2 merge votes and 3 keep votes in the AfD. The only comment which I think actually addressed WP:SOFTWARE was that there has been a MacWorld article [1] that has mentioned it. --Karnesky 18:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

• Merge per nomination. The converter isn't really notable except as a tool for the DNG file format. Exception might be from readers linking from Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Bridge wonderin gwhat the DNG Converter is for. But linking here instead makes sense, so the topic is fully covered (not just a tool for it). David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 22:09, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

• Merge Alanbrowne 17:27, 2 January 2007 (UTC)