Nikon D80.. (.NEF plug-in and other stuff...)

Oliver Costich · Aug 9, 2007

thank you all very much for your responses.. so I guess bottom line is
I need to try Lightroom, Picture Project, or some other imaging sw of
that sort..
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No, you don't. ACR, properly installed, will do what you want.

I have been using PS exclusively as an image-processing
program for about 12 years now, and I'm not sure how easily I would
"adapt" to some other programs, but am definitely looking into it (yes,
I do know image processing quite well...) I already have Lightroom
installed, and have been slowly delving into it.. it's so different from
what I'm used to (you can't just OPEN images, you have to import them..
etc.. I hate the levels thing in Lightroom.. and for some odd reason
am having a hard time with 'undo' function, history feature doesn't work
like in Photoshop..)

so you don't need to set White-Balance with RAW format (how does camera
know what lighting situation you're in? particularly indoor lighting?)
and what other advantages are there to shooting RAW? b/c the images are
very large and well, this thing that I can't open them with Photoshop is
a bit of a pain... (one poster suggested recording to "Adobe RGB", but
I can't find where you set this in menu..)

thank you very much....

DoN. Nichols said:

According to gowanoh said:

1. Autofocus is the same regardless of shooting mode (P,M, A, S etc.).
However it is easy to misunderstand how to use the multiple autofocus
controls or to accidentally change them. Some lenses also have to be set
correctly.
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One thing to look for on this matter is that the D80 (if it is
like the D70 which I have) *does* change AF mode between Auto and
Program. In particular, in Auto mode it selects the zone over the
closest part of the area being photographed. In Program mode, however,
depending on menu selections, it will either do the same auto-select, or
it will simply keep the same zone as last used. In the D70, it is
Menu selection 03 in the menu with the pencil icon and is called "

"AF-area mode"

which has the following selections:

1) Single Area
2) Dynamic Area
3) Closest Subject

The D70 has five zones -- arranged like this (use a fixed pitch font to
avoid distortion):

[ ]

[ ] [ ] [ ]

[ ]

and it can be moved around by the "poker chip" control -- unless you
have the switch below it labeled "L" set to the "L" position. This
means that bumping the poker chip will move the zone, and you need to
look into the viewfinder (after half-pressing the shutter relase) to see
which zone it is in. If it happens to be on a zone away from your
subject of interest, it will focus incorrectly. Whenever you
half-press the shutter release, the selected zone should flash red for a
moment -- perhaps depending on some menu settings which I haven't
re-visited since the camera was new.

Note that the D80 may have more zones (since it is a newer
camera, but the basic principle should remain the same.

Good Luck,
DoN.
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Oliver Costich · Aug 9, 2007

You said you've ordered CS3, that'll work.
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And so will CS2 with ACR set up correctly. CS3 does have other
benefits though. The latest ACR for CS3 is greatly improved and has
many more features.

Jim · Aug 10, 2007

yes, I did, as I mention in my OP.. www.francesdelrio.com... you also
went in February? what part(s) of India did you visit?

some of my India-photos didn't come out too good (too dark, not in
focus, etc.. since I was literally inaugurating the camera when I was
there and had never used a digital camera before.. so had to do a lot
fo adj's in Photoshop..)

as far as plug-in for .NEF: I did install plug-in at Adobe
(http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=2701&fileID=2537) I

followed instructions in .pdf that comes with the plug-in, but .NEF
photos still won't open....

well, am at work, at home don't have PS yet, as am on brand-new
machine, ordered CS3 today, I hope this will solve problem (or it could
make it worse.....

thank you...
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Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw supports every NEF format I have run across.
I now people who use the D80 and Photoshop CS and CS2. Something is
very wrong here. Windows or Mac? Sounds like its time to send a tech
support request to Adobe. Mac I can help with, perhaps not Windows.

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