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We asked camera companies why their RAW formats are all different and confusing

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361 points Tomte | 1 comments | 04 Apr 25 11:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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kazinator ◴[07 Apr 25 06:59 UTC] No.43608616[source]▶
> Photo editing software needs to specifically support not just each manufacturer’s file type but also make changes for each new camera that shoots it

You mean, your proprietary, closed-source Photo-editing sofware?

Why can't the vendors of that shit just make a library that they all share ...

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1. _ph_ ◴[07 Apr 25 14:10 UTC] No.43611728[source]▶
The ironic part is, that basically all the closed-source photo-editing software (and of course all open-source) are just using the open source LibRaw. Any special features as color profiles comes on top of that. So yes, the camera manufacturers could just donate to LibRaw or just use DNG instead.