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Norm Dresner
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Re: FINAL RESOLUTION: Anybody else having problem with Thumbnails from D300 in WinXP?
| On Fri, 09 May 2008 13:35:50 GMT, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems "Norm
| Dresner" <ndrez@att.net> wrote:
|
| >Based on a suggestion from the Windows XP newsgroup, the solution was not
the NEF viewer patch which worked on my D70 images but predates the D300 and
can't handle those.
|
| >The problem was the file association for the NEF files. On the computer
| >without a problem the association was to the Microsoft RAW viewer which
was
| >smart enough to recognize that it couldn't handle D300 raw files and
doesn't
| >try. On the computer with a problem, the association was with CaptureNX
and
| >there may be an incompatibility there instead.
| >
| >The problem is "fixed" by choosing a viewer for the NEF files that
doesn't
| >try to create a thumbnail! I can view them with ViewNX or CaptureNX
| >whenever I want and since I always shoot RAW + JPG whenever I shoot RAW,
I
| >can at least see what the image looks like.
|
The final solution was that I apparently had a bad installation of
CaptureNX. I uninstalled and reinstalled it and it's working perfectly and
even supplying thumbnails for viewing NEF files in Windows Explorer.
NOW ... a question: I installed CaptureNX version 1.3.0 which is what I
also had running flawlessly on a Win2K system. I have the 1.3.3 upgrade but
haven't installed it yet because -- at least as of now -- I don't see any
reason to do that. BUT ... has anyone either had bad experiences with 1.3.3
or know what the upgrade was intended to solve?
TIA
Norm
| On Fri, 09 May 2008 13:35:50 GMT, in rec.photo.digital.slr-systems "Norm
| Dresner" <ndrez@att.net> wrote:
|
| >Based on a suggestion from the Windows XP newsgroup, the solution was not
the NEF viewer patch which worked on my D70 images but predates the D300 and
can't handle those.
|
| >The problem was the file association for the NEF files. On the computer
| >without a problem the association was to the Microsoft RAW viewer which
was
| >smart enough to recognize that it couldn't handle D300 raw files and
doesn't
| >try. On the computer with a problem, the association was with CaptureNX
and
| >there may be an incompatibility there instead.
| >
| >The problem is "fixed" by choosing a viewer for the NEF files that
doesn't
| >try to create a thumbnail! I can view them with ViewNX or CaptureNX
| >whenever I want and since I always shoot RAW + JPG whenever I shoot RAW,
I
| >can at least see what the image looks like.
|
The final solution was that I apparently had a bad installation of
CaptureNX. I uninstalled and reinstalled it and it's working perfectly and
even supplying thumbnails for viewing NEF files in Windows Explorer.
NOW ... a question: I installed CaptureNX version 1.3.0 which is what I
also had running flawlessly on a Win2K system. I have the 1.3.3 upgrade but
haven't installed it yet because -- at least as of now -- I don't see any
reason to do that. BUT ... has anyone either had bad experiences with 1.3.3
or know what the upgrade was intended to solve?
TIA
Norm