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I hate Capture NX
Harryb
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Hi Y'all,
Well I've been using NX to process my D300 shots and so far my initial impression is that it is terrible. I have never seen such an unintuitive piece of software in my life. I got it for free and its not worth the price.
As an added bonus it crashes whenever I tried to send a converted file into PS, sometime the file gets to photohop and sometimes it doesn't. I worked around it by saving a converted file as a Tiff and then opening it up from PS but Capture NX still crashed everytime I save the converted file as a Tiff. Everytime I process a shot I have to reopen NX. :bash
Well I've been using NX to process my D300 shots and so far my initial impression is that it is terrible. I have never seen such an unintuitive piece of software in my life. I got it for free and its not worth the price.
As an added bonus it crashes whenever I tried to send a converted file into PS, sometime the file gets to photohop and sometimes it doesn't. I worked around it by saving a converted file as a Tiff and then opening it up from PS but Capture NX still crashed everytime I save the converted file as a Tiff. Everytime I process a shot I have to reopen NX. :bash
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Sorry to hear that.
I've been using NX successfully. It is a bit getting used to, but once you do that, it works OK. It is not the fastest converter for RAW, but, in my opinion, the best for Nikon NEFs when it comes to image quality.
I'm using 1.2 on Windows XP ... Maybe 1.3 has some serious issues
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I agree that for iQ it can't be beat. That's why I put up with it. However, Nikon and Nic better put their pointy little heads togther and get a much more useable update out there as fast as possible.
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Dittooooooo!!! Between NX and Internet down for about 6 hours.....not having a great day!
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Workflow, especially reviewing and sorting originals, is indeed a problem with NX. I'm going to give Nikon's (free) Transfer and View products a try to see if they help in that area. Otherwise I'm pleased with NX. It may help that I was never a heavy user of Photoshop so I haven't had to "unlearn" much to use NX. I think my version of PS is 5.5.
Wow! You got that far?!!! Mine crashes as soon as my cursor touches a D300 NEF. Don't even have to click on it. It works OK with D70 files. Just slow. Well, slower than molasses in 30 below weather.
Have done only a few D70 prints from Cap NX processed files and they are fine, but I don't see the superior image quality. They do lokk better on screen though. Now, if only I could get it to work on the D300 files....
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I've been through a sort of double conversion with NX in that I first installed it on a laptop back in the early summer of 2007. That laptop was my workhorse back then and was XP-SP2 operated. I don't know how unique my situation is, but after a horseshow I'll have anywhere from 5 to 10k images to correct and post, and I had decided that one of the built in batch settings in Capture 4 was the best thing for me. After a thorough testing of batching some corrections in NX, I wasn't satisfied with the result. I wasn't even satisfied with the way Photoshop corrected things, batched or not. So I just continued to use Capture 4 to do the job, using NX for only a few things, one being the straightening tool, which I really like. It was no problem to have both applications on my computer.
Then in August I converted to a new laptop, Vista operated, and it's been a mess ever since. First, the old Capture isn't compatible with Vista, so I just don't get to use my main workhorse to do the entire job. To solve that, I have to move the files to a portable drive, connect to the XP based system, and then do the batching there. I do get the crashing of NX as well, but until I poked into this thread I've just assumed it was Vista.
I've used and continue to use Nikon View to do my transfers and image sorting at shows and events. While View will install on the Vista system, I find that it also crashes the whole computer, and I have to uninstall/reinstall it often. Also the transfering using View is VERY slow on the Vista system. I spent a good bit of time in the past month learning how to use Bridge, and it's really fast. There are a few downsides in how it works, but I plan to start my large events this year using Bridge on my Vista based computer.
At events, I shoot the largest jpg, not the NEF. In fact, View won't even transfer my NEFs on the Vista system!
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I find the UI clunky and not easy to learn but I got it to do what I had been doing in the Capture 4.4 so I'm living with it for now. I would dump it in a flash if I could find another RAW converter that gave me the same IQ but the sad fact is the Capture gives me the best IQ.
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I do agree that when I want to just correct a single image, the quality is the best.
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Has anyone ever noticed this little problem, with fractured menus? NX version 1.2, then 1.3, and I can't get rid of it. Symptomatic of ???
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That's one problem I haven't had yet. When does it comes up, as soon as you open NX or after you have processed some shots?
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It happens sometimes when my cursor moves over the tool bar area ! Very weird. Does not happen with any other program.
If you've got lightroom, I would stick with that rather than Capture NX. Just my $.02. It does have some nifty features, especially for Nikon shooters but it is a different interface that you'd have to get used to if you are used to Adobe products. I'm going to buy Lightroom as soon as I figure out my taxes... if I don't owe too much !
I have no issue with the UI, but like I said before I don't use Photoshop.
I purchased Capture NX because I wanted a full RAW editor but was (and continue to be) unwilling to pay Photoshop prices to get one. Capture is a bit clunky but it's a very capable tool. I'm pleased.
By the way, using View NX greatly improves workflow. I do my sorting and rating of originals in View, then do my edits in Capture.
I haven't tried Lightroom yet but in hte past I've found that Capture produces the best (noticeable) results with NEFs.
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