Strange problem in case of timestamp shift

[mahikeulbody]

Pedro and Phil : thanks you !

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Pedro,

Just being picky here:

You called TIFF format type 13 "TIFF_CRAZY" in your patch.

It should be called "TIFF_IFD" according to the reference I gave.

(It is not crazy at all.)

- Phil

[pedrocr]

You called TIFF format type 13 "TIFF_CRAZY" in your patch.

It should be called "TIFF_IFD" according to the reference I gave.

(It is not crazy at all.)

It's pretty crazy... Trying to mutate a TIFF consistently doesn't seem really feasible, let alone one of these very ill specified raw formats. I've called it TIFF_OFFSET to make it more descriptive. It's too bad CIFF didn't win or DNG isn't used more.

[Phil Harvey]

Hi Pedro,

I agree that CIFF would have been much better.

But DNG isn't any better than any other RAW format from a metadata point of view.  In fact it is worse:  The Adobe DNG converter takes proprietary maker notes, breaks them apart, and buries the pieces inside another proprietary Adobe layer.  Also, the writers of the DNG specification need some serious reprimanding (did you see the DNG 1.3 problem on the page I referenced earlier?).  Just another crazy TIFF mutation for sure.

- Phil