Got a D700, can’t process the RAWs?
Until third-party RAW converters start supporting the D700, you’re a bit stuck if they’re part of your normal workflow.
So, a helpful user of the dpreview forums has posted a small but useful command-line application that will change the D700 RAW files to look like they came from a D3 - this enables applications such as Lightroom to handle them without complaint.
It does nothing beside changing the model name string from D700 to D3. It has two parameters: the input file name (a D700 NEF) and the output file name; if the second parameter is not specified, then the output file name will be “input name_D3 input extention”.
July 26th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
I would suggest taking this ‘forced’ opportunity of installing and using Capture NX2 and using it for initial RAW conversion. There are many who believe that NX is the best RAW convertor for obtaining the best possible quality of your images from a Nikon camera. There is a 60 day trial of NX2 boxed with your D700.
You will be pleasantly surprised by the very slick editing features and the u-point technology of NX2. You can always then export images as TIFFS into Lightroom or Aperture etc.
July 27th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Shame on Nikon!
I give a lot of money for equipment they sell and now I can’t work.
NX2 is very slow, I have to lose time to learn to work in it, can’t normally continuing working… Is this because they (Nikon) did not give code for new RAW format at the right time to Adobe, Apple etc.?
I am without any word more
August 19th, 2008 at 12:52 am
If you have photoshop CS3 the new version of their raw converter (free download) works fine with the D700 raw files. The CS3 raw converter does an incredible job. I don’t think they could make a better one.
September 29th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Are all my clients expected to purchase Nikon software to read my RAW files from my D700? If I ask my clients to buy the softwear I’m sure they will just go to the next phone number on their list…a Canon shooter.
This is an abomination - $3000 for a camera that I can’t use for RAW.
Canon is starting to look much better.
Angry in Dallas.
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