Adobe's Digital Negative format

[Roach711]

Have any of you tried Adobe's Digital Negative converter? With all the RAW formats around it seems to be a good idea - at least for archiving.

I'm in the computer field and have seen tons of file formats come & go so it would be nice to have something like the .jpg format that has some staying power. This RAW-format-of-the-day that we've been dealing with will clearly be a problem down the road.

Da Roach

[Longwatcher]

I have used it and it seems very good, and although I have not been able to see any difference in the photograph, I am slightly concerned because the file sizes are smaller then the CR2 file format so I am concerned I may have lost some metadata I might desire later.

I grant the possibility that DNG just does a better job of compressing the raw data then CR2 does, but I don't know at this point.

On the other hand as I upgrade my archive CDs to DVD I am converting to DNG from CRW format, so I have the new copy in the newer format just in case, gives me better potential for longevity of data.

[CyberPet]

Another advantage with DNG is that the files are smaller (without compression). A friend of mine shoots raw only and he converts all his raw-files to DNG and throws away his original raw-files and use the dng-files as his originals that he backup on several places.

[CyberDyneSystems]

OMG... the thought of converting all those files....

I think I'll hold off for a while. Who knows.. maybe DNG will disapear before .CR2??

[tim]

The D30 RAW file format isn't supported any more, that camera's what, 2 or 3 years old? I plan to wait and see if DNG becomes a widely adopted standard, if so then i'll leave my computer batch processing from RAW/CR2 to DNG - I think it'd take a h3ll of a long time, hopefully less than a day but I wouldn't bet on it.

[Roach711]

Thanks for your replies. I believe I'll give this new format a try, but as Longwatcher does, keep the original RAW files just in case.

Technology certainly complicates things.

Da Roach

[kellmeister]

This is one of the reasons I didn't want to get a digital camera :confused: Its hard to keep up with changing formats etc. I do worry that in 10 years time I won't be able to read any of my .cr2 files. Guess I'll make a DVD of each format as suggested. With all the digital cameras around hopefully some standards will be maintained.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Has anyone who's worked with DNG noticed a differnece in how the images "manipulate" in a RAW converter?

Do other RAW converters work with DNG? (C1, Rawshooter, BreezeBrowser ? ) ?

[CyberDyneSystems]

The D30 RAW file format isn't supported any more,

That's not really true.
DPP does not support it.. and this is of course a significant situation with frightening implications,.

but the FVU still supports it,. as does C1, RawShooter, Breezebrowser, and ACR among others....