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<blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 251173" data-attributes="member: 15805">All the DNG lovers like to claim that in the future the native raw formats can sometime in the future be no longer supported.&nbsp; Seriously?You mean if Nikon closed it's doors today, my copies of Capture and View will suddenly fail?&nbsp; Overnight, all my NEF files will be nothing more than a bunch of useless 1s and 0s on my hard drives?To that, they respond that if Nikon closes shop, then no other software will be available that can 'read' NEF files.&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; How did Adobe do it then?&nbsp; And Raw Therapee?&nbsp; And Picasa? And Picturenaut? And IrfanView?&nbsp; Will my copies of all these other softwares suddenly quit working?&nbsp; If decoding NEF files is such a well-kept corporate secret, then Nikon utterly failed with internal security!!!When I ask, &quot;Well, who's to say DNG will last forever?&quot;&nbsp; Their response, &quot;'Cuz it's Adobe!&quot;&nbsp; So?&nbsp; Ever hear of a company called Kodak? Fact of the matter is, no one can predict what file formats will still be viable, readable and usable in the future. NO ONE.As for me, I'll stick to NEF.&nbsp; If, on the outside chance that in my lifetime, Nikon goes belly-up, THEN I will worry about converting them.&nbsp; Yes, my computer will still turn on, boot up, and clicking on the NX2 icon will still launch Capture or View.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="480sparky, post: 251173, member: 15805"] All the DNG lovers like to claim that in the future the native raw formats can sometime in the future be no longer supported. Seriously? You mean if Nikon closed it's doors today, my copies of Capture and View will suddenly fail? Overnight, all my NEF files will be nothing more than a bunch of useless 1s and 0s on my hard drives? To that, they respond that if Nikon closes shop, then no other software will be available that can 'read' NEF files. Really? How did Adobe do it then? And Raw Therapee? And Picasa? And Picturenaut? And IrfanView? Will my copies of all these other softwares suddenly quit working? If decoding NEF files is such a well-kept corporate secret, then Nikon utterly failed with internal security!!! When I ask, "Well, who's to say DNG will last forever?" Their response, "'Cuz it's Adobe!" So? Ever hear of a company called [I]Kodak[/I]? Fact of the matter is, no one can predict what file formats will still be viable, readable and usable in the future. [I] NO ONE[/I]. As for me, I'll stick to NEF. If, on the outside chance that in my lifetime, Nikon goes belly-up, THEN I will worry about converting them. Yes, my computer will still turn on, boot up, and clicking on the NX2 icon will still launch Capture or View. [/QUOTE]

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