Re: Alway somthing new CR2 Raw format from Canon Rebel XTIS

Thanks for the info I will keep my eyes open for it.
Kurt Knoll
www.kurtknoll.com/midway.html

"saycheez" <fac_187@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> For reasons known only to camera manufacturers every new sensor comes
with 
> its own raw format, although the file extension (e.g. .nef for Nikon)
may 
> remain the same.
> There is not a technical reason why this needs to be.
> Although Adobe is very good about adding software to its raw converter
to 
> account for these changes in new camera models Adobe only sup****ts the
raw 
> converter for its current version of Photoshop or Elements.
> Adobe has offered its Digital Negative format as a universal raw format 
> but few camera manufacturers have used it.
> If you are adept at CS you will find the upgrade to CS3 worthwhile. 
> However hopefully in CS4 Adobe will get its act together and get rid of 
> the converter altogether as a separate entity and unify all functions in

> the Photoshop desktop. The converter was originally an emergency add-on
to 
> deal with the rapid rise of dSLR raw image capture and morphed into a 
> poorly do***ented, semi-crippled monstrosity that only allows 
> unidirectional image processing.