Ned Costello

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  • Ned Costello commented,

    By the way, I also tried to probe this with Hasselblad and came away none the wiser.

  • Ned Costello commented,

    The possible issues around IP are interesting in a historical context. However, it appears that Phase One sees no IP conflicts in respect of multiple manufacturers that use Sony sensors - in variou...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @Walter Rowe - the alleged DNG quality variation issue is well known. To empirically test that I converted some files from my X2D to DNG and manually altered the camera name in the EXIF data from H...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @ Walter Rowe, with all due respect, a discussion about where support for Hasselblad Files in C1 sits in the context of the wider camera ecosystem is highly relevant. In effect, this is a discussio...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @ Walter Rowe - Phase One competes with all kinds of camera manufacturers for high resolution business in the 45-100mp range. Arguably, Fujfilm's GFX 100 cameras are a closer competitor to Phase On...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    C1 Has pretty much structured it's pricing so that a major version upgrade costs the same as paying for 12 months of rolling upgrades. I think one would certainly need full cross platform support t...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @SFA, Thanks for your lengthy reply about DNGs. I appreciate you taking the time to explain your reasoning in detail. Personally, I'd be quite happy to take an unreconstructed DNG and work in it in...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @SFA regarding Phocus other camera support - there is one "minor" difference between Phocus and C1 - Phocus is free. Which, for the avoidance of doubt, rather negates any requirement or imperative ...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @sfa - I'm not sure what PDF's have to do with DNGs. However, in respect of the latter, C1 will open DNG's provided one can edit the metadata to convince C1 that the DNG does not originate from a H...

  • Ned Costello commented,

    @SFA. The DNG format was designed by Adobe to be a universal cross platform format. The work on DNG conversion is done by Adobe's software. C1 has not offered any convincing reason why C1 blocks DN...