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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."

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  1. No Problem by Tom7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Canon makes better gear anyway.

  2. Fords by r00t · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Compared to the other 2 big US car manufacturers, Ford is pretty decent. You do have to consider the transmission to be as replacable as the windshield wiper blades; that's just a Ford oddity that owners need to accept. Other parts of a Ford are quite solid.

    Lots of modern cars eat brakes. This is what traction control gives you. You didn't think traction control was all good, did you?