curt_rowe Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 I'm just starting out in digital photography. My Nikon D100 came with a trial version of Nikon Capture 3.5. I have loaded it to see what it does, but was wondering if there is a large overlap with Photoshop. I know one can use the former take photographs directly to the computer's hard disk, but I don't see much of an advantage to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig_bridge Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 The .NEF converters in Nikon View/Capture are useful plugins for PhotoShop. At one point, they only came with Capture. If you are going to spend the money for PhotoShop, you won't use Nikon Capture much unless you want to control the camera from a PC. Nikon View (which probably came as a freebie) on the other hand is a very useful tool to look at the lens and camera settings stored in the image (something PhotoShop 6.x doesn't do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ethan hansen Posted November 3, 2002 Share Posted November 3, 2002 If you are shooting many nef files, either Capture or Bibble will prove essential. Both offer far more control over the camera settings than does the simple plugin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._.9 Posted November 4, 2002 Share Posted November 4, 2002 I think Nikon Capture is useless unless you want to use the pc as a "remote control" to operate your camera. Photoshop is the most complete and "as pro" as one could dream. Unless you are working in a photo lab photoshop 7.0 should be plenty enough for your work. For the price of the D100 Nikon should have included the Capture as a free program - just like Canon incluudes Photoshop for free. Save your money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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