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Photo Forum / General Photo Topics / General Topics / August 2006Nikon Capture
Hello all, Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the Nikon Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... Bob  Signature"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly ... it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated." -- Thomas Paine. > Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the Nikon > Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... Well, you can try it for free for a month by downloading it from Nikon... Honestly, I never bothered to try Capture because I've been quite happy with Photoshop Elements and its Nikon RAW converter. (And I avoid installing trial software unless I'm pretty convinced I'm going to buy.) As a student, you can buy PSElements here for $65: <http://www.academicsuperstore.com/quick_search.html?qks=1&qk_srch=photoshop+elem ents&x=0&y=0> Cheers, Richard Is the raw converter in PE4 generic or specific to Nikon? >> Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the >> Nikon Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Cheers, > Richard The converter in Elements/PS, particularly in combination with the rest of the processing tools in E/PS is much more usable than any stand alone converter like the Nikon, Bibble, DxO, Raw Shooter, et al. The stand alone converters have their uses but they are not enough. Once you understand how to use E/PS and filters the stand alone raw converters have even less to offer. The new Nkon NX software has an interesting new take on regional image adjustment with its control points. However these are not a substitute for the control and flexibility of working in non-destructive layers using E/PS. > The converter in Elements/PS, particularly in combination with the rest of > the processing tools in E/PS is much more usable than any stand alone [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > adjustment with its control points. However these are not a substitute for > the control and flexibility of working in non-destructive layers using E/PS. Yep, the NX control points look like a pretty slick feature, but I haven't even scratched the surface of the tweaking possible in PSE with layers. (PSE's spot healing brush is a great tool for dust removal.) I suspect tools like NX may be exceptionally good at certain areas, but so far PSE seems to have all the fundamentals covered, and more advanced stuff than I've needed yet (though, when you don't know what you don't know... :-) FWIW, here's a tutorial on NX... http://nikonimaging.com/global/products/software/capturenx/nxsp/tutorials.htm Cheers, Richard > Is the raw converter in PE4 generic or specific to Nikon? There's a Nikon-specific one. I forget if it's provided by Nikon or Adobe, but it's a free add-in after you install the product. FWIW, I've just been poking around a tutorial for Capture NX, and it's got some pretty slick advanced features. I could see it being a useful add-on for really re-working a special photo. However, it's entirely unclear how it compares to regular Nikon Capture and the other Nikon software... Cheers, Richard Thanks for the info, I'll look for the add-on.... >> Is the raw converter in PE4 generic or specific to Nikon? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Cheers, > Richard If you install Photoshop Elements first and then install Nikon Capture, it will place the Nikon Raw Convert into the proper place for Photoshop elements to use. After the 30 day trial of Nikon Capture expires, you will still have the Nikon Raw converter in place and it will still be operational. This gives you the option of using either the PE Raw converter or Nikon Raw converter by pulling the Nikon one out of the Plugins (Not sure where it is?) folder when you wish to change. The Nikon Raw converter is supposed to have more data available for processing than the generic Adobe Raw converter, whether or not PE can use this I don't know. rtt SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com it's not the RAW converter I am after. I want the instantaneous transfer of photos to the PC via USB. >> Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the Nikon >> Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Cheers, > Richard > it's not the RAW converter I am after. I want the instantaneous transfer > of photos to the PC via USB. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> Cheers, >> Richard Nikon View will do the job, it is for free: http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_prod s=42%2C44&p_pv=2.44&p_cats=185&p_cv=1.185 Fred Nikon View will also install the Nikon RAW converter appropriately. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Will this do what I am wanting really? I want to be able to hook up my D200 to the USB port on my PC and then start taking photos and have the D200 transfer the pics directly to the PC and or card as well. That way my assistant can be looking at the photos while I am shooting them. Will Nikon view do that? >> it's not the RAW converter I am after. I want the instantaneous transfer >> of photos to the PC via USB. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Fred > Will this do what I am wanting really? I want to be able to hook up my > D200 to the USB port on my PC and then start taking photos and have the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> >> Fred No, sorry for "that" you need Capture. Fred In my research and your most recent post, I see what you want, and that functionality is in Nikon Capture and most likely the replacement product. This line I got from DigitalCameraReview, Remote Camera Control: Nikon Capture 4.0 can control most Nikon digital SLR settings using the camera's appropriate image transfer interface. Images can also be downloaded directly to a computer while shooting, for the convenience of on-screen viewing and directly saving onto a hard drive. I trust this gives you the info. you wanted. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com I just wish I could find it for less money...(free) oh well... Bob > In my research and your most recent post, I see what you want, and that > functionality is in Nikon Capture and most likely the replacement product. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I trust this gives you the info. you wanted. Try a look around source, possibly if you do any programming, you may be able to use some of the libraries of commands there or some such. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Hello all, > Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the Nikon > Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... Phone Home! > Hello all, > Does anyone know of a way I (a broke college student) can find the Nikon > Capture software for an inexpensive price... hopefully free... > > Bob You could use a Warez release try: http://www.phazeddl.com/ But no don't 'cos it's bad ;) |
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