NX Discussion, Hits ,Tips & Tricks

[Don Hoey]

Originally Posted by Canis Vulpes

I was using ViewNX when I visited Don a few weeks ago so he has seen it in action.

Thats because I am still using Nikon View 6.

Don

Originally Posted by Don Hoey

Thats because I am still using Nikon View 6.

Don

Bin it Don & use the decent job (you also need Transfer to auto-load into it when you connect the camera)

a few postscripts

1: printing form NX. I am giving this up having found with Epson 1290 it gave up 7/8 way through super A3 prints. On new Canon ix4000 it produces faint lines down the print on a dark background (the sticky bud). So looks as if I do have to save/convert to tif for printing. (comments censored)

2: View NX; this is quite useful as a quick preview/weed after download. However, as far as my vintage powerbook/OS 10.3.9 is concerned it is as much a 'rogue' program as Capture itself, gobbling up vast quantities of cache until it runs out by which time everything has nearly ground to a halt. I got used to living with 1 rogue program years back (Microstation) - and can cope. But not 2 rogues, so rather withdraw my previous gushing over View NX.

3: Capture 1.3.2 seems OK, ie no more roguish than previous ones, and either it or me have got better at avoiding crashes.

On returning to a NEF file previously edited in NX, I found it came out looking like the attached; turning off all the ticked steps did turn off their general effect,so pleased i hadn't permanently removed the eartag but did not return to original file.

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...1&d=1208456214
View NX displays the file normally right up to 100% and prints it hair perfect. However, the quick adjustments are greyed out and importing it in to utility returns 'no valid file found'. Thus there does not seem to be any way of extracting a jpg of the full sized edited file.

PSE4 won't open it all. GraphicConverter opens a similarly corrupted file.

In this case my original edit is possibly all I want, but its bad news for the integrity of NEF files. I really do not want to have to duplicate the lot on import and then do 2 weeds - is that what is recommended as a failsafe?

Am asking Nikon technical too, but won't be on edge of seat for reply which will no doubt blame the computer. OK I think it did happen once before out of about 2000 nefs.

PS away for about 10 days from early Saturday, so not being unappreciative not responding to any observations after tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Chris

View NX; this is quite useful as a quick preview/weed after download. However, as far as my vintage powerbook/OS 10.3.9 is concerned it is as much a 'rogue' program as Capture itself, gobbling up vast quantities of cache until it runs out by which time everything has nearly ground to a halt. I got used to living with 1 rogue program years back (Microstation) - and can cope. But not 2 rogues, so rather withdraw my previous gushing over View NX.

On visit to Nikon support I see that they say 'It is not recommended to install both Nikon Capture and Capture NX on the same computer as this may cause unexpected issues to occur' .......hm

Just after it has earned its keep for once! It seems that an edited NEF file keeps at least 3 separate packages of information - the original info, the info for re-enacting/modifying editing commands and a full size preview of last edit; the latter only accessible to viewNX (on another computer??!!)

[Don Hoey]

Chris,
I have Capture, NX, NC4.4 and Nikon View 6 all on the same machine with no probs.
When NX came out they did say that there could be a conflict if with 4.4 if it was not removed, but I have not had any probs.

Yes I know ....... View NX is missing from that list but quite happy with View 6.

Don

Nikon EU are taking this issue more seriously than I thought, but having been away have not supplied latest lot of info requested...story continues.

Having had to do quite a lot of cache clearing and keeping an eye on the last few GB of HD memory left, I see that NX and View NX share the same cache, ie when emptying cache from NX prefs, it also wipes previews from View NX. Really just need a spare 20 or 30 GB on the hard-drive to keep them both happy

Returning to some lurid DPP editing on last year's Langdale shots taken with 350D, I have found that editing non-Nikon pics in NX can be very successful in practice aswell as theory. More details in another thread aimed (so far unsuccessfully) at non-Nikon users:
http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...8850#post28850

[Don Hoey]

Another thread bump as we try to recruit another member - Gabby, Jims dad.

A big man from the world of film, but hopefully we can tempt him into digital.

Pleasure to have met you sir.

Don

PS : I had better link the NX2 thread as well
http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...ead.php?t=3441

[Ros]

Bump for me too !!