After the recent controversy surrounding the encryption of the white balance data in Nikon RAW files, Engadget have stoked the fire and kept the flames burning by interviewing Steve Heiner, General Manager of Nikon’s Digital SLR Systems division. Did they ask about the encryption “issue” - of course they did! Did they get an answer from Nikon - of course they didn’t…

“There was a report in CNET on April 21 about the encryption being broken on the white balance metadata for RAW files in the Nikon Capture application, does Nikon plan to take any action against the programmer who broke your encryption code?

Wahi: Again, whatever information that we have available right now is available in the advisory, and I can make sure I can send that out to you.

Could we just talk about the business decision of Nikon encrypting its white balance metadata in the RAW files?

Wahi: Again, the advisory contains all the information that we have available to give to you, and we’ll send that out to you.”

Website: The Engadget Interview: Steve Heiner, General Manager, Digital SLR Systems, Nikon