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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 2003 09:45:10 -0500
From:      "Ryan Dewalt" <rdewalt@meridianksi.com>
To:        <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Digital Cameras
Message-ID:  <586382797A07B841B4014F547581E0AF35C7@mailx.meridianksi.net>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Darren Pilgrim [mailto:dmp@pantherdragon.org]
"Ryan Dewalt" <rdewalt@meridianksi.com> wrote:
> I personally have a Kodak DC-50
<...>
> The DC50 uses an unfortunately closed .KDC file format, I need wine =
and the
> windows converter to convert into .jpg

Have you looked at the graphics/kdc2tiff port?

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Yeah, I looked into that one.  That's for the DC-120 which uses a =
different=20
"proprietary compressor" than the DC-50 and DC-40.

About two years ago, I contacted Kodak, in reference to getting the =
specifications=20
of this file format so I could write a converter myself.  I based my =
letter on the
fact that the DC50 line was no longer being sold, or supported by Kodak, =
and all=20
their current hardware writes to jpeg format files.  That also I was =
just one of=20
many people who still faithfully used it. (Not as often, the CCD is =
getting "old" and the color is not as good as it used to be.)   However, =
all I got was a few e-mails that ended in "We'll look into it."

-Ryan



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