I don't see any problem for a manufacturer's hardware depends on his own
software. It didn't like the age where Sony try to promote their own Beta
Video tape system, it does not compatible with the rest of the world, other
people cannot view them without the hardware. For image, the final output is
TIFF, JPEG or print...etc, no special hardware/software is required to read
them.
To me available of third party RAW converter or not is not a critical point
for camera system selection. If manufacturer's RAW converter can give good
image quality that is good enough. If required, post processing can be done
with any software after conversion.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Shields" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>
> I think it's difficult to compare film and digital 'negatives'. We
> have many choices of 'developer' for our RAW files. Imagine someone
> producing a RAW file that was impossible to process unless you used
> their own RAW editor? It may have worked for Kodachrome (RIP), but it
> would have a very short shelf life in the digital world I believe.
>
> Paul
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