Digital BW, The Print

"but Adobe has decided not to do this for some
legal or 'political' reason in its ACR software."

Wrong:


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0509/05090601nikon_adobe.asp

Scott


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost" 
<bob@f...> wrote:
> John,
> 
> Been away so rather late with this, but to correct your reply - 
some third 
> party raw conversion software CAN and DOES decrypt the Nikon WB 
info from 
> the D2x (I think Bibble does), but Adobe has decided not to do this 
for some 
> legal or 'political' reason in its ACR software.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Vitollo" <jvlist@c...>
> 
> The controversy was Nikon encrypted the White Balance for the raw 
file. Even 
> though the user
> does not set WB for raw, third party raw conversion software could 
not read 
> the "as shot
> white balance". Basically Nikon was/is trying to force users to buy 
their 
> Nikon software for
> $100.00.