A couple of product questions

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A couple of product questions
United States	2007-10-14 20:51:57

Hi folks, I have a little money that seems to be burning a hole in my pocket. After visiting the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH this summer and finding it to be a hard place to shoot in because it is so dark, I have decided to purchase a flash for my D200. Between the SB600 and the SB800 which would you choose? Is the nearly double the cost for the SB800 worth it? Does the SB800 have a longer flash distance? Please keep in mind, as of yet I do not have a need to slave flashes. I do not know what tomorrow will hold. I am also considering purchasing Capture NX. I currently use PictureProject to transfer, Nikon View as needed, and PhotoShop Elements 3 for the bulk of my editing. I do find the lack of NEF compatibility in PhotoShop a bit frustrating. It reads NEF fine but I find I have to convert to another format to do any editing. Is Capture NX worth it, or is just another software I am not going to appreciate fully? Is it intuitive? Is it worth the cost? Is it a repeat of what I already have? Thanks once again for all your help. PBJ __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic . __,_._,___
Re: A couple of product questions
United States	2007-10-14 21:09:06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 * Paul < astrogoose%40verizon.net">astrogooseverizon.net> [10-14-07 21:53]: > I have a little money that seems to be burning a hole in my pocket. > After visiting the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH this summer and finding > it to be a hard place to shoot in because it is so dark, I have > decided to purchase a flash for my D200. Between the SB600 and the > SB800 which would you choose? Is the nearly double the cost for the > SB800 worth it? Does the SB800 have a longer flash distance? Please > keep in mind, as of yet I do not have a need to slave flashes. I do > not know what tomorrow will hold. > > I am also considering purchasing Capture NX. I currently use > PictureProject to transfer, Nikon View as needed, and PhotoShop > Elements 3 for the bulk of my editing. I do find the lack of NEF > compatibility in PhotoShop a bit frustrating. It reads NEF fine but > I find I have to convert to another format to do any editing. Is > Capture NX worth it, or is just another software I am not going to > appreciate fully? Is it intuitive? Is it worth the cost? Is it a > repeat of what I already have? Switch to linux and get your software for free and apply your savings for an SB800. Result, money ahead and still have all your ducks (in a row) :^) - -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 http://counter.li.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn4472 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHEsvBClSjbQz1U5oRAjI5AKCUwEEWcFqIssSyJWbJSD0rdrOgiwCfXkB9 vmBJMqp6m8/ujaodhyhqNSU= =KXpH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic . __,_._,___
Re: A couple of product questions
United States	2007-10-14 21:17:23

I'm not sure the SB800 is worth the extra money, just extra featuers that you probably wont use. Neither is a particularly powerfully flash though they are quite an improvement over the in camera flash. Don't be fooled by distance numbers on speed flashes, they use a "Zoom" reflector to narrow the light beam and concentrate the light in a small area to increase range. I dont use Capture NX, I don't see the point with so many other packages supporting RAW files now why spend the money. Ron *Paul <astrogooseverizon.net>* wrote: Hi folks, I have a little money that seems to be burning a hole in my pocket. After visiting the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH this summer and finding it to be a hard place to shoot in because it is so dark, I have decided to purchase a flash for my D200. Between the SB600 and the SB800 which would you choose? Is the nearly double the cost for the SB800 worth it? Does the SB800 have a longer flash distance? Please keep in mind, as of yet I do not have a need to slave flashes. I do not know what tomorrow will hold. I am also considering purchasing Capture NX. I currently use PictureProject to transfer, Nikon View as needed, and PhotoShop Elements 3 for the bulk of my editing. I do find the lack of NEF compatibility in PhotoShop a bit frustrating. It reads NEF fine but I find I have to convert to another format to do any editing. Is Capture NX worth it, or is just another software I am not going to appreciate fully? Is it intuitive? Is it worth the cost? Is it a repeat of what I already have? Thanks once again for all your help. PBJ Yahoo! Groups Links <;> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIKOND200/ <> Your email settings: Individual Email \| Traditional <>; To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NIKOND200/join (Yahoo! ID required) <> To change settings via email: mailto:NIKOND200-digestyahoogroups.com mailto:NIKOND200-fullfeaturedyahoogroups.com <> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: NIKOND200-unsubscribeyahoogroups.com <;> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Ron Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic . __,_._,___
Re: A couple of product questions
United States	2007-10-14 21:51:01

Paul, I would say just the opposit of Ron. I bought the SB800 never intending to get another SB flash... after 2 years I have not... but I find that the extra range of the SB800 has come in handy several times... I have used the D200 in commander mode a couple of times and that too has been nice, and the very best part to me is the ability to use a 5th battery.  I have a very fast recharge because of it and have gotten 3 and 4 frames a second at close range when shooting in hs mode. ; But my bigest reason for saying that I would get the SB800 is that you say: "I do not know what tomorrow will hold."  That is reason enough for me to recomend the SB800, but the choice is still yours. As far as Capture NX... well, as far as getting the absolute most out of an image... this is probably the program to use. Nikon knows how to get the preprietary stuff out of their images like no one else can do. Oh the others are very close and in 99% of the time, you would never know the difference... but occasionally, it is really nice to have Capture. I quit using it as my main program because it was so slow on my computer... I just got my new machine built and Vista on it yesterday. It has an intel Q6600 quad core, 2.4 gtz processor, with an EVGA 8800 GTS Nvidia graphics card, 8 gig of ram, and 1.5 tb of storage in a raid 5 config.  I will be putting Capture on this machine and I will hope that it will preform like it should, but if not I will not use it! As to what I do use all of the time, I have Pixmantec Raw Shooter Premium... I like it very well, and am very pleased in how it processes my images, but I will be getting a D80 for my wife in a month or two and this program does not support the D80 and pixmantec is no longer in business.  In the sale of pixmantec, who was bought out by adobe and Lightroom was based on it, I recieved a free copy of Lightroom. I like it very well also, and infact have found that it does what I personally believe to be a better job than capture on those images that are close to being blown out because of being shot into the sun or have a lot of reflection on them... so, to me, a good program to use for raw conversion would be Lightroom or CS3.... they both have the same raw converter. BTW, I only shoot Raw, so I use ;a raw converter a lot... I shoot about 25000 images a year. ; this is my opinion... I hope that yo get more out of it than what you paid for it! LOL Kelly http://www.pbase.com/digital_kelly   ----- Original Message ----- From: verizon.net" href="mailto:astrogooseverizon.net">Paul To: NIKOND200yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:51 PM Subject: [NIKOND200] A couple of product questions Hi folks, I have a little money that seems to be burning a hole in my pocket. After visiting the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH this summer and finding it to be a hard place to shoot in because it is so dark, I have decided to purchase a flash for my D200. Between the SB600 and the SB800 which would you choose? Is the nearly double the cost for the SB800 worth it? Does the SB800 have a longer flash distance? Please keep in mind, as of yet I do not have a need to slave flashes. I do not know what tomorrow will hold. I am also considering purchasing Capture NX. I currently use PictureProject to transfer, Nikon View as needed, and PhotoShop Elements 3 for the bulk of my editing. I do find the lack of NEF compatibility in PhotoShop a bit frustrating. It reads NEF fine but I find I have to convert to another format to do any editing. Is Capture NX worth it, or is just another software I am not going to appreciate fully? Is it intuitive? Is it worth the cost? Is it a repeat of what I already have? Thanks once again for all your help. PBJ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.10/1070 - Release Date: 10/14/2007 9:22 AM __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (0) Reply (via web post) \| Start a new topic . __,_._,___

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