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- Bob Kozdemba writes,
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- >> I also need to retreive 32 bytes of info at TAG 65535, which is undefined. I
- >> noticed that 'tiffdump' works, but it looks like 'tiffdump' does not use
- >> TIFFGetField().
- >
- >Is the use of tag 65535 already in somebody's code? If not, it might
- >be wise to reserve a private tag ID from Aldus, which avoids the danger
- >of encountering images with incompatible tags of the same ID (65535 is
- >a likely candidate for this hazard). Aldus allocates them in blocks of
- >5, and it only takes a day or two to get them.
- >
- >I'm not sure who handles the TIFF tag registry now (it used to be Andy
- >Commons) but you might try Steve.Carlsen@aldus.com for starters.
- >
- > --Niles.
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- Thanks Niles, The TAG 65535 is used by Kodak. This image I am trying to read
- is from a DCS420 digital camera.
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- Happy Holidays,
- Bob
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