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louise - 05 Apr 2007 23:12 GMT

I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What
will I get out of the software that comes with the D40X?
Should I install it?

Shooting RAW - At the moment I am using Photoshop 7. What
is the best way to become able to use RAW? Upgrading PS is
an option - but an expensive one since the version I have is
unregistered.

Louise

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Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 05 Apr 2007 23:41 GMT

>I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What
>will I get out of the software that comes with the D40X?
>Should I install it?

Depends what you want to do. I never cared for the Picture Project
interface from back when I got my 5700, let alone my D70. There is a plugin
that will provide the very most basic of control over processing raw files.
If you install PP it should install the plugin. however, if that is all you
want look at the files and install it yourself.You shouldn't need any
software to connect the camera to your computer if you are using a
relatively new OS. Win9x won't cut it though.

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Alexander Arnakis - 06 Apr 2007 00:01 GMT

>>I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What
>>will I get out of the software that comes with the D40X?
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>software to connect the camera to your computer if you are using a
>relatively new OS. Win9x won't cut it though.

I'm not only not using the software that came with my D40 and D70, I'm
not using the cables that came with them either. It's much easier to
pop the memory cards out of the cameras, pop them into the card reader
that's built into the computer, and transfer the pictures to the
computer directly. Then I use various programs that I have on the
computer to edit and manage the pictures. The Nikon stuff is
redundant.

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louise - 06 Apr 2007 01:10 GMT

Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) wrote:

>> I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What
>> will I get out of the software that comes with the D40X?
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> software to connect the camera to your computer if you are using a
> relatively new OS. Win9x won't cut it though.

I'm running Win XP Pro and Photoshop 7. I can go through
the Nikon PP disk and look for the plugin but I'd really
appreciate it if someone could help me by telling me the
name of the plugin and where I should put it? How do I
incorporate the plugin into Photoshop 7?

Thanks.

Louise

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Robert Brace - 06 Apr 2007 00:23 GMT

>I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What will I get out
>of the software that comes with the D40X? Should I install it?
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>
> Louise

If you invest in the latest PS Elements, it is relatively reasonably priced
and that opens up the ability to install the Adobe Camera Raw free plug-in
for Elements. Then, get yourself a card reader and (assuming you have an
recent OS on your computer) and you're ready to load your NEF files into the
computer, process them in ACR and further manipulate them in Elements if
necessary till you're heart's content. Or shoot JPEG and go directly to
Elements.
Bob

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george - 06 Apr 2007 00:36 GMT

> If you invest in the latest PS Elements, it is relatively reasonably
> priced and that opens up the ability to install the Adobe Camera Raw free
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> go directly to Elements.
> Bob

Or, all the Sandisk Extreme III flash cards I've bought lately come with a
free Capture One LE (RAW converter) license for two computers, download of
software, and download of one update. And you have to have a flash card,
right?

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louise - 06 Apr 2007 01:05 GMT

>> If you invest in the latest PS Elements, it is relatively reasonably
>> priced and that opens up the ability to install the Adobe Camera Raw free
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> software, and download of one update. And you have to have a flash card,
> right?

I bought a Lexar 133x 2 gig with the camera. However, I do
plan to purchase another SD card. Are you saying that if I
make that card a Sandisk Extreme III, it will come with the
necessary software to convert NEF RAW so that I can then use
the converted file in Photoshop 7? What does the NEF RAW
convert to so that Photoshop 7 can read it?

Thanks.

Louise

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george - 06 Apr 2007 03:36 GMT

>> Or, all the Sandisk Extreme III flash cards I've bought lately come with
>> a free Capture One LE (RAW converter) license for two computers, download
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>
> Louise

TIF and JPG. You can go to the Capture One website now and download the
software for a free 15 day trial (after that you'd either need to purchase a
license or get one from a Sandisk Extreme III flash card). If you are
planning to get the license via a Sandisk purchase, make sure the box is
marked on the outside that the Capture One LE license is included.

George

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louise - 06 Apr 2007 06:07 GMT

>>> Or, all the Sandisk Extreme III flash cards I've bought lately come with
>>> a free Capture One LE (RAW converter) license for two computers, download
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>
> George

That sounds like a good and inexpensive solution. Thanks a lot.

Louise

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Warren Block - 06 Apr 2007 18:21 GMT

>> TIF and JPG. You can go to the Capture One website now and download the
>> software for a free 15 day trial (after that you'd either need to purchase a
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>>
> That sounds like a good and inexpensive solution. Thanks a lot.

Or there's UFRaw, which is free:

http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/

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louise - 06 Apr 2007 01:07 GMT

>> I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What will I get out
>> of the software that comes with the D40X? Should I install it?
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> Elements.
> Bob

If I understand you correctly, that will leave me with
Elements and not with PS as my means of editing photos?

Louise

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Robert Brace - 06 Apr 2007 05:22 GMT

>>> I hate installing unnecessary software on my computer. What will I get
>>> out of the software that comes with the D40X? Should I install it?
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>
> Louise

That is essentially correct (I am presuming you are aware of what Elements
is and its relationship to full PS) but you don't have to remove PS7 to
install PS Elements. However, if you would rather use PS7 for your tweaks,
after you convert NEF to whatever file type (TIFF, JPEG, Etc.) you like in
PS Elements with the ACR (Adobe Camera Raw) plug-in, you can then use PS7 to
import it and then continue as you wish. I think you will find, though, the
latest PS Elements has about all the tricks you will need over PS7 plus it
has the ability to use the ACR plug-ins.
Bob

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