Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Nikon Responds to Encryption Claims

Posted by Zonk on from the thanks-for-your-interest-but-please-leave dept.

ader writes "In a rare response to public complaints, Nikon has released a statement clarifying the use of encrypted white balance information in the NEF raw data from its digital cameras. They point out that this 'proprietary' format is accessible through the use of their 'proprietary' SDK, which is freely available to 'bona fide software companies' on written application. In other words: open source coders can butt out."

2 of 635 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's time to start using of the "I" word by Max+Threshold · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    FORD = Found On Road Dead. Don't you remember that from grade school? It's been true for at least the last 45 years.

  2. Re:not that it matters... Windows DLL? by As+Seen+On+TV · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Except that Nikon's provided software accesses the data just fine. Nothing is hidden from you. You can get at every bit in that file via Nikon's software.

    And any third party can also get at that data, as we all know now, by using Nikon's SDK.

    So my analogy is apt but yours is not, I'm afraid.

    (I would give practically anything if you would abide by the most basic rules of English spelling. Your comment was almost physically painful to read, which was a shame because it contained some worthy thoughts. They were just obscured by the horrible injustices you perpetrated against the language.)