Filed under: Photography, Technology | Tags: Aperture, Camera, D3s, Nikon, Photography, Photoshop
So, um, like well you upgrade from a Nikon D3 to a D3s – going from one pro camera to another – and find you can’t open images in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, or Apple Aperture.
I know, I know, NEF / RAW support is coming – but jeez this is a pro camera, Nikon should work more closely with the software vendors to get these updates to market in sync with the body release. Total FAIL…
UPDATE
Adobe does have a Beta of the next release of Camera Raw, and this will work with the D3S files (thanks Adobe!) It’s a timed Beta so will expire, but no worries as the expiration date is likely no earlier than the release of a final version. Hard to know when Apple will be ready though.
Of course if Nikon didn’t encrypt MY photos and used something like DNG, then this would not be a problem…
UPDATE 2 (Dec 18th 2009)
OK, Apple have now released an update so I can use Aperture again. Thank you…
UPDATE 3 (Dec 19th 2009)
Adobe’s update is out too – job’s done. Back in business.
From receiving the camera to full software support took three weeks. Probably not bad, but then again for a pro camera not good either. Having sync’d releases (or a more open standard such as DNG) sure would help…
Others seem to have similar views
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/12/finally-digital-camera-raw-compatibility-update-2-7-for-mac/#more-372747
Filed under: Photography, Technology | Tags: D3, Flash, Manfrotto, Nikon, Photography, Sydney
An interesting shot this one – it involved securing the camera to the car with a Manfrotto suction cup and arm. The camera was fired by Pocket Wizard, roughly an eigth of a second to get the blur off the tunnel walls, and at the end of the expsoure, the hotshoe fired another PW that in turned fired flashes on the back seats and one on the dash. Sweet. If not nerve wracking.
While it “appears” that eBay have backed down from their “PayPal only” position which I wrote about earlier), the Sydney Morning Herald writes today that all is not as it seems..
eBay is surreptitiously strong-arming its users into embracing PayPal despite publicly announcing it has shelved plans to block other payment methods.
Although eBay yesterday backed down on plans to lock out paying by money order, direct bank deposits and cheques, it has not rolled back a recent policy forcing all sellers to at least offer PayPal as one of the payment options.
Sellers are reporting that eBay is systematically deleting auction listings from sellers who state in their item descriptions that they “prefer” to be paid with non-PayPal methods, such as bank deposit.
Honestly, the latest effort by eBay Australia to confine ALL transactions to PayPal is ridiculous. Clearly the millions of customers using credit cards with Amazon need to be told they have it wrong, likewise the millions in Australia paying their bills with Bpay and On-line banking transfers. Thank goodness eBay have exposed the error of our ways lest some terrrorist crim rip off our data – we must thank eBay for their responsible and helpful attitude.
Oh wait, eBay own PayPal right? So lemme see, eBay charge a listing fee, a sales fee, and now a clip of all transaction fees thanks to forcing PayPal on vendors. Hey Mr eBay Australia – take a hike. It’s not like eBay is oxygen or something important that I can’t do without…
Backups. Yeah right. Heard these were a good idea.
The good news is there are lots of hardware and software solutions around, and it’s so easy these days to establish a good system that there’s no excuse not to. I linked to a great “primer” paper from Apple below, and this outlines the chain that goes from Local Storage > Backup > Archive, but if you want to jump straight to a solution – then here’s one you might want to consider – Netgear’s ReadyNAS NV+ (the RAID formerly known as Infrant).
What makes the ReadyNAS so special? Well how about…
