Q: Is there a way to find out when a raw file type will be supported?
I have a Fuji X-Pro1. It hit the market in January/Febrary 2012. It's RAF file is different than the X100 which is supported.
Also- I like to use NITF 2.1. Is there any committment for this format?
Is there a forecast or product roadmap for digital imagery sensors from the different camera makers or does it take inquiries from forums like this to attract product marketing attention?
For those not familiar - The National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) is a principal standard format for digital imagery, metadata and imagery-related products for the United States, International Standards Organization (ISO), American National Standards Institute (ISO/ANSI) and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (STANAG-4545).
The X-Trans sensor of the Fuji, the Foveon sensor of the Sigma, 3-CCD cameras, and a few others do not use the standard 2x2 Bayer (1976) filter on the sensor. And I haven't decomposed the X-Pro1 file set to see how closely it follows the ISO 12234-2, better known as TIFF/EP.
I don't know if this or other collateral RPC metadata are evaluated items by the Apple product managers. This impedance being a possible source of resistance to support new radiometric sensor data profiles and sensor models.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Posted on Jul 20, 2012 8:10 PM