Hoag
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True, and DNG may not be the perfect answer for everybody. However, while there may be some things that RAW can do that DNG can not, I do't think that casual user would notice and/or miss these features. I think that those differences would be noticeable only to high end users such as professional photographers or photo editors who would already have the most up to date version of their editing software whether that is a stand alone such as Capture One or subscription based such as Lightroom and would not have a need to convert to DNG for their editing software to use the files coming out of their camera.The downside of DNG is that it isn't raw, so some of what you can do with raw files is negated. There are of course native raw converters from the camera manufacturers.
For the person who has an outdated version of their editing software that they use and are comfortable with, the ease of converting to DNG and then using their existing software may be easier and more economically sound than purchasing an upgrade to their editing software (and possibly their computer) to support their new camera.
Nothing is perfect, and sometimes the "90% solution" is the best one at the time.
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