Just Got My D300

[leonardobarreto.com]

Now I am out of the watter, or having a new toy with no "batteries", figuratively speaking. The Photoshop converter has a few strong advantages:

a) free
b) super fast, I mean, really fast. Same user experience as the D300 itself that is a sports machine.
c) smart. For example: you have a zoom indicator to know if you are 100%, 50% etc. Nikon "thing": --fly blind--, and that is just a small clear example.
d) just double click on the file and zoom, the image is in the raw interface. You set it for 6144 x 4081 pixels @ 16 bits, and my Mac Pro chunks it in no time.

I like to use as few programs as possible, so, probably I will stay with this for the time being. It is interesting to see that Bridge CS 3 is blind to D300 raws. Is this fixable??

Thanks again

 

[Edward Bussa]

Bridge uses the same RAW engine as Camera Raw, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't display the D300 NEFs.... Is there File Associations setting in Bridge or perhaps you have only JPG clicked in the metadata browser?

 

[nicolas claris]

typo

Thank you, thank you, I don't have to buy a raw processor, I got one free ! thanks to the advice of posters of this forum that know all.

It looks like a complete RAW processor and feels much more intuitive than the Nikon "thing". The best for me would be probably to use C1 PRO 4 when it comes out, -If I can afford it--, but on the other side I could have one for the back and Photoshop for the Nikon, why not...

Thanks !

Hi Leonardo
AFAIK C1 3.7.8 does open D300 files… (there is a profile integrated, I jut checked, but haven't tried as I haven't any D300 files)…

 

[leonardobarreto.com]

Hi Nicolas

The problem that I have is that I use C1 DB which is the program that Phase One provides virtually for free to owners of Phase digital backs.

So far I don't like C1 4 so far, but that may change with C14 PRO, but that is yet to materialize. It would be nice to have the PRO as opposed to the DB -- this two are exactly the same, but DB only opens Phase One files -- now that I have a D300/

On the other side, and I wanted to go to the LF and MF corner of the forums to talk about, is the feeling that I have that my Phase One P 25 is better than the Nikon D300.

You are probably going to jump and say that of course, what news is that, etc. But sometime I need to fell the difference a MF back makes.

I want to do some comparison test shots next time I'm working (Friday) and see how this compare.

The best Nikon lens I have is the 85mm Nikkor 1:1.8 that will probably be as good as the Mamiya 80mm

On the other side, the Nikon is a fun camera to have, super smart, display is huge and easy to operate, nothing to do with my P25, -- but, since I work tethered, I don't care--

Probably in the next 5 years we will see a combination of this two: a camera as fast, smart and versatile as a D300 and with the IQ of the Mamiya/P 25... probably even in 2-3 years, no?

Hi Leonardo
AFAIK C1 3.8 does open D300 files… (there is a profile integrated, I jut checked, but haven't tried as I haven't any D300 files)…

 

[nicolas claris]

I Leonardo
Sorry I wrote C1 3.8, of course it is 3.7.8…

You should download the C1 3 pro version and try it for free for 1 month, I'm sure you'll fnd your D300 files much better!
BTW what is strange is that with the pro version, one can work the PB files…
Maybe, in fact, your version is "free" for PB but limited to PB…

As to your comments between DSLR and DB, I do agree with you, but wow, when you look at the DB files, what IQ!
The Canon 1Ds3 deliver beautifull images of course and it's fun to use on action… but, the most attractive girl of the world is always the most attractive… what a skin ;-)!!!

 

[leonardobarreto.com]

Maybe, in fact, your version is "free" for PB but limited to PB…"

It is free for DB, or digital backs --Phase backs--, which is ok since this way I get to use a program that is good for free. In Nikons case I get a free program that is NOT good.

Nicolas, the only problem with my Phase One is that is too expensive so I don't take it out since I would be bankrupt if something happened to it, but the D300 is a street girl... today I went to the site of the World Trade Center and made one image composed of 80 shot with my Nikkor 85mm f 1:1.8 that I plan to put together. I emptied the entire 2Giga card in no time and I was shooting with the multi focusing thing, that has I don't know how many focus points that light up in a fantastic show of smartens ...

sorry got to go... thanks

I Leonardo
Sorry I wrote C1 3.8, of course it is 3.7.8…

You should download the C1 3 pro version and try it for free for 1 month, I'm sure you'll fnd your D300 files much better!
BTW what is strange is that with the pro version, one can work the PB files…
Maybe, in fact, your version is "free" for PB but limited to PB…

As to your comments between DSLR and DB, I do agree with you, but wow, when you look at the DB files, what IQ!
The Canon 1Ds3 deliver beautifull images of course and it's fun to use on action… but, the most attractive girl of the world is always the most attractive… what a skin ;-)!!!

 

[doug anderson]

Gee, this thread was once about my Nikon D300....

 

[Jeff Donovan]

That's the nature of message boards. Threads often change subjects or move off on tangents.

 

[leonardobarreto.com]

Doug:

What happened is that other people got their D300 and are feeling the need to post questions. In my case I got exactly what I wanted that is a free decent raw processor -- just downloaded the plugin for PS CS3 --. That is the beauty of the openphotographyforums.com you get very useful help --and you also give advice --.

I think that instead of having multiple threads about "I got my D300", all of us that got the same camera at about the same time could post here, no?

I have interesting discoveries today after deciding to go read the manual a bit.

The big one is about 12bits and 14 bits.

First of all the camera can be set for 12 or 14 bit capture ! this is different than my digital back that is always at 16 bits (don't remember if is full 16 bit, but at the highest) and Nikon decided to give the user the option.

There is a reason for this since --according to the manual-- the high color bit depth file is larger than the "standard' and more importantly, the camera slows down about two frames per second -- from maximum of 8 with some battery options --.

The question is, then... how much difference is there in files captured at 12 as opposed to 14 bits??

What do you think Doug?

 

[doug anderson]

Bit depth is a means of measuring the amount of color information in the exposure. The plus is that there is a better chance for recording more color values; the minus is that it slows down the camera and takes longer to process. According to David Busch's book on the Nikon 300, the 14 bit depth is "not your best option" and the difference in results is not worth the hassle.