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Dave: You make a great point, but technology is only going to continue to change. I think that digital photography is still

relatively new and will greatly change over the next five years. So, you ought to just use the tools that work for you and stay

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Thanks for all the comments. Both Nikon and Adobe have been unhelpful. NX2 does read all the files, but the camera only

came with a 90 day trial. Hopefully, Adobe will fix the problem shortly.

Has anyone with a D700 had trouble downloading .NEF photos from the camera into Adobe Bridge CS3? Even with all current updates

Photoshop and Photoshop Raw will not recognize .NEF files. CS3 does recognize the .jpg and .TIFF.

Thanks for any help.<div></div>

That makes sense. So, if I don't use Active D-Lighting I would be better off using 100 ISO for

landscapes.

Does anyone know why the D300 low ISO is set at 200 even though it can go down to 100 ISO. Wouldn't

the 100 ISO setting produce the equivalent of less grain? Or does the 100 ISO setting clip some

information as some have said?

Thanks, Chris

I am running Leopard and Bridge CS3 will not download files from the D300, and as

previously said Capture NX doesn't work either. So far I can only use iPhoto to download

photos. Nikon has provided no information on updates.

I have both lens' as well. The 180 is fantastic for portraits while the 250 is fantastic for

landscapes. The 250 tends to look through skin and "see" too much for portraiture. In any

case, both lens are wonderful. If you shoot both landscapes and portraits I would keep the

180 that you have.

Chris

I suggest that you rent both before making a decision. I did and picked the 70-200.

Chris

Glen Echo Park is good and so is the Washington School of Photography at http://www.wsp-

photo.com/. Good luck.

Chris

Very cute baby. I think that Ken's advice and tests are very well thought out and useful. You

can take or leave his advice, but at least he has solid opinions.

Chris

I use a D200 with a 70-200 2.8 VR and TC 20EII 2x converter. I tried it for the first time last

week in the Zoo without a tripod and was very happy with the results. A few examples:

http://www.photo.net/photo/5619653 and http://www.photo.net/

photodb/photo?photo_id=5619072 . You may want to consider it.

Chris

Isn't it true that if you were to print larger than A4, say 13 x 19 that you would see bigger

differences?

You could either set your d200 to produce more saturation (assuming you shoot jpegs)- try

the cloudy setting, or use Photoshop to slightly saturate your photos.

By the way, this info came from Penn Camera in the DC area (one of the best photo stores in

the area). His point was that the digital backs lines of resolution is far greater than the old

lens' were designed to deliver. The new H lens have been designed to deliver sharper

images, allowing more lines of resolution.

I asked him if he was sure about this becuase I have some very good good lens' and he

insisted that it was true.

My local photo dealer tells me that if I buy a digital back for my 203fe my lens' will not be sharp enough

for the back. He says that all past lens' are "soft" and not sharp enough for the digital resolution capable

of the digital backs. Is this true?

Elliot:

You are a genius. Thanks. How did you figure that out?

I am having a problem printing with Epson Velvet Fine Art paper. I am using a mac and the r2400 printer.

When I use the profile for Velvet I cannot get the print driver to give me a choice of printing to Velvet

paper. The Velvet option remains grey. It doesn't matter what type of black ink I have in the printer. Has

anyone else had this problem? I have used many different papers and profiles and have not had this

problem with any other.

Thanks - Chris

If you have Photoshop, use "Magnetic Lasso" to select the sky and ocean. Use "Curves" and

"Color Balance" to enhance the color. Good luck.

Chris

I understand from Epson that 360 dpi is best. How much different that is from 240 dpi on a

small print is not clear.