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Originally Posted by chris-p

So if there is information in your .CR2 file that Adobe don’t understand or can’t decode (usually EXIF data, or encrypted data or other things) it won’t be in the .DNG file.

For example, the profiles that one can set in camera (Canon) such as Landscape, Portrait and Neutral etc. These can be read by DPP but not by Adobe software. I don't use these by the way.

Originally Posted by chris-p

In the long run, there isn’t an answer to this problem. DNG works OK but if Adobe disappear then so does DNG.

Which to be fair is HIGHLY unlikely.

Originally Posted by chris-p

There are differing opinions on this but, personally, I don’t think DNG is the answer.

But probably the best option so far and one that has come to my rescue. I once owned a Canon G5 - lovely little camera that produced raw files in the format CRW. Two models later I think (the G7) Canon dropped support for the CRW format in favour of CR2 - in other words, I couldn't open/edit these CRW files in Canon's own softare - DPP. This is the prime reason I stopped using, or having faith in DPP, as good as it was and apparently still is. Who came to the rescue with their DNG converter? Good ole Adobe of course and I for one am a firm believer in the DNG format. Some day, not tomorrow perhaps, but Canon will change/drop the CR2 format and we'll have the same old story repeated. As it is one CR2 raw file is not the same as another CR2 raw file despite having the same suffix.