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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 145600" data-attributes="member: 6548">I posted on another forum that is frequented by many photo journalist/pro types regarding the use of DNG files and there seems to be about a 50/50 split amongst them.&nbsp; One of the comments offered up concerning proprietary RAW files was that Canonikon has made literally millions of cameras the past ten years so it is highly unlikely that their files are just going to disappear which makes a ton of sense.&nbsp; One museum fellow told me that in many institutional settings you will find TIFF and lossless JPEG2000. Another person says DNG is the most flexible.&nbsp; One of the big concerns about DNG is if Adobe abandons DNG or if Adobe ceases to exist in it's current form.&nbsp; Perhaps the most interesting reply of all and there are several on that thread that agree with this is that the absolute best form of archival storage is to print the files!Regardless of what type files we choose to work with in our digital workflow many folks are one hard drive crash away from photographic oblivion.&nbsp; That is definitely some food for thought there.I'm am going to continue to study the issue as it is very very important to one's photography.&nbsp; I think about all the photographs and negatives that I have (from 4 or 5 generations of my folks) and the literally hundreds of disks of photos that I have and one thing I know for sure is that the photos of my great great grandparents made in the 1890's are still here, they are razor sharp, and they still look amazing even after all of these years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 145600, member: 6548"] I posted on another forum that is frequented by many photo journalist/pro types regarding the use of DNG files and there seems to be about a 50/50 split amongst them. One of the comments offered up concerning proprietary RAW files was that Canonikon has made literally millions of cameras the past ten years so it is highly unlikely that their files are just going to disappear which makes a ton of sense. One museum fellow told me that in many institutional settings you will find TIFF and lossless JPEG2000. Another person says DNG is the most flexible. One of the big concerns about DNG is if Adobe abandons DNG or if Adobe ceases to exist in it's current form. Perhaps the most interesting reply of all and there are several on that thread that agree with this is that the absolute best form of archival storage is to print the files! Regardless of what type files we choose to work with in our digital workflow many folks are one hard drive crash away from photographic oblivion. That is definitely some food for thought there. I'm am going to continue to study the issue as it is very very important to one's photography. I think about all the photographs and negatives that I have (from 4 or 5 generations of my folks) and the literally hundreds of disks of photos that I have and one thing I know for sure is that the photos of my great great grandparents made in the 1890's are still here, they are razor sharp, and they still look amazing even after all of these years. [/QUOTE]

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