Photokina Impressions, Adobe DNG and Reference Monitors
Photokina Impressions, Adobe DNG and Reference Monitors
- Subject: Photokina Impressions, Adobe DNG and Reference Monitors
- From: Jon Meyer <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2004 05:07:05 -0400
Overview:
Great show. Great Technology. The HUGE news is the new Adobe unified
RAW file format, called DNG.
Available now from the Adobe site is a freeware download of the DNG
Converter, which opens popular camera RAW file formats and changes
them into a universal Digital Negative Specification.
This plays out in many directions
1) Camera manufacturers may orphan early camera technologies by not
supporting them with current software
2) Archiving of the DNG standard should keep full file integrity for
long-term future use
3) Photo labs and other support services can not standardize on
high-bit data in a meaningful and streamlined fashion.
4) DNG can be implemented in products not only produced by Adobe, but
also every other major player.
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Eizo introduced the CG220 which offers AdobeRGB sized gamut and 14
bit LUT support. 400:1 brightness ratio. The 22.2 inch diagonal
screen should retail around EURO 5000, or in the range of
$5500-$6250, depending upon how a European value added tax is
configured in that price. The units are said to be shipping by the
end of the year.
NEC/Mitsubishi has a limited supply of CRTs. They have converted
production over to flat panel displays, with the 2005 release of the
2180WG said to be the reference standard. They claim to be 4% larger
than the ECI gamut (which is slightly larger than the Adobe RGB
gamut). 10 bit gamma correction and 500:1 brightness ratio. 21.3 inch
diagonal. Pricing has not yet been announced. Rumor is that it will
compete with the Eizo price.
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Monitor Profiling Improvements -
ColorVision upgraded the Spyder to a version 2 and added an improved
user interface to its OptiCal product
Gretag Macbeth upgraded the Display calibrator to an improved version
2 colorimeter, added DDC support and ambient light measurement to
achieve significant improvement.
basICColor also upgraded display software to L* technology. The user
interface is streamlined. The gamut mapping is more accurate and the
LUT calibration is extremely smooth.
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Heavy consumer inclusion with Nokia and Sony/Ericsson presenting 1
MP camera phones (3 MP camera phones used in Japan were not
previewed). $300 All-In-One 3.2 MP Optical (6.6 MP delivered by the
JPEG)/640x480 Video (capture time limited only by 512 MB SD/MMC) and
MP3 player from Prasio.
$10 32 MB Compact Flash Cards will hit gas stations and grocery
stores everywhere. . .
5 MP Kodak 10x Optical Zoom with .2 second shutter delay in compact
size for EURO 529 (might mean a US street price of under $500)
Ultra mini 4 MP cameras (think cell phone size ranging to something
like 3.5 inch x 3.5 inch x .75 inch for $400 from
Fuji F440 - 3.4x optical zoom + 320x240 video
Panasonic DMC FX7 2EG-S- 3x optical zoom
Olympus u Mini (iPod mini clone look, choose your color) - 2x zoom
Canon IXUS 40 - 3x optical zoom + 30 fps VGA video
Nikon Coolpix 4100 - 3x optical zoom
and a zillion Chinese knock-offs
Sony plays on the minimal footprint with its 5 MP 3x Optical camera
called the T3 priced around $550.
Resolution Run Down -
16.7 MP - Canon DS Mark II
14 MP - Kodak DCS 14
12,4 MP - Nikon D2X
12.34 MP - Fuji S3Pro
8.2 MP - Canon 20 D
8 MP - Olympus C-8080
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Inexpensive and easy digital asset management for small workgroups -
iView Media Pro2 $160
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Also mentioned: Terabyte DVD, 4 recording layers plus new 40x
compression algorithms. The technology hopes to become commercially
affordable by 2010.
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Jon Meyer
GrafixGear
email@hidden
http://www.GrafixGear.com
8 West Glen Avenue
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
USA
(201) 447-1510 voice
(201) 447-3326 fax
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