Hi Mark, > > I don't know what he (Ed Hamrick, author of Vuescan) is > referring to there, > > but it's simply wrong, unless it's in some other context. Raw > data has been > > around LONG before Vuescan, and probably before Ed had any > interest in writing > > scanner software. > > > > It's almost silly to think that it's somehow "special" to get > at the raw data. > > The scanner actually has to purposely not support raw data, vs, > have embedded > > hardware and firmware to process the raw data to some > "standard" image file > > format. > > > > Raw files were also termed by some "HDR" for High Dynamic Range > a ways back. > > > > Regards, > > > > Austin > > > > > Silverfast has been doing raw for years. I'm talking long before Silverfast... Any editing software on a PC or Mac is relatively new compared to the industry. Keeping in mind that I've been doing this since the 70's... Regards, Austin --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list