[Leica] OT Nikon Capture

[philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)]

Comparable to Quark Xpress (once a state of the art DTP program):  
their aftersales sucked and they ripped of people due to their  
monopoly. Untill Adobe InDesign came.
I think about everybody in the market switched to the latter by now:  
it's better, it's less expensive, and integrates seemlessly into all  
other Abobe products.


Op 18-sep-06, om 23:00 heeft David Rodgers het volgende geschreven:

> Adam wrote:
>
>>> That's not what Nikon had in mind - they want to lock in their data
> formats. You appear to think that's a fine idea - I think it's
> abhorent.<<
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> NC is great software for NEFs (Nikon's proprietary format) and  
> overall I
> like it and I use it as much as PS.
>
> daveR
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