[Leica] OT Nikon Capture

[scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)]

Nikon can't "do software," plain and simple. Nothing to do with quality or
the lack thereof.  But they make it hard for users, as if software was going
to be a really big revenue generator. Sheesh.  Capture should be free, and
Capture NX as well.  Nikon is stupid when it comes to software.

Here's how I upgraded to 4.4. Box/disk install. Look at 4.4 on the Nikon 
site
(fish around). See that it will upgrade from X.Y.  Go find  X.Y. It did a
seemless upgrade. Now go to 4.4 and it will do a seemless upgrade.

Not too hard, but you have to figure it out and Nikon doesn't help at all.
Completely  brain dead.

I might sprint for NX when users report that it's no longer a memory
hog and that it's extremely fast and responsive on stock hardware I'm not
holding my breath :-)

Scott

David Rodgers wrote:

>Adam wrote:
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>>>That's not what Nikon had in mind - they want to lock in their data
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>formats. You appear to think that's a fine idea - I think it's
>abhorent.<<
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>I bought one of the very early versions of Nikon Capture. (It's not just
>a raw converter, but allows uploading of custom curves and some nifty
>remote control stuff). It only cost $100 but they've never come back and
>asked for more for upgrades. I guys that's the good news. The bad news
>is the effort in upgrading. 
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>My serial number was (and I guess still is) 4 words. I had a system
>crash a little over a year ago. Nikon has gone to more traditional (as
>in cryptic) SNs. When I tried to reinstall capture by downloading the
>latest version it wouldn't take my serial number. I called Nikon tech
>support. They told me I had to install my original and then reinstall
>all the upgrades. I asked for a newer SN just to make it easier and they
>said no. Thus, it took me the better part of an evening to get Nikon
>Capture fully installed. 
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>Now I see with the new Capture NCX, or whatever it is, you can only
>upgrade one machine. I have two, a desktop and a laptop. My PS license
>allows me to to install on both machines. Plus, when I had the system
>crash I just called Adobe and they opened up an authorization for me to
>reauthenticate. It was easy and painless. 
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>I haven't called Nikon yet so I don't know if I'm now limited to one
>install or not. But based on prior dealing I'm afraid that whatever I do
>it's not going to be easy, or painless. 
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>I guess you get what you pay for. I can never upgrade my system again or
>I'll have to spend a week installing NC. I guess I could buy the latest
>version, which isn't much different that paying for an upgrade. But it's
>the principle of the thing. 
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>NC is great software for NEFs (Nikon's proprietary format) and overall I
>like it and I use it as much as PS.   
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>daveR 
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