[Nhcoll-l] Raw file format

[Gil Nelson]

DNG is a good (best) option and is what iDigBio recommends to ensure an 
openly documented format rather than a proprietary format that might 
change without notice or documentation (e.g. Nikon NEF).

Gil


On 5/8/2018 3:57 PM, Callomon,Paul wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> A question for those of you running imaging projects: in what format 
> do you store the original, high-resolution files? We have been using 
> Nikon raw (.nef) but as Adobe no longer makes plug-ins for the latest 
> versions we are contemplating converting to DNG before storing the 
> images.
>
> Regards,
>
> *Paul Callomon*
> /Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General 
> Invertebrates/
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