Open D700 raw images

[chriscor]

I'm on vacation and just picked up a Nikon D700.  The laptop I have with me is a powerbook g4 running OS 10.3.9 with Photoshop CS2.  Is there anyway to open raw images from the d700 with this set-up?  All the software that I've seen requires CS3 and/or an intel mac to open the files.  Is there a work around that I can use until I have access to PS3?

Thanks

[DarkPenguin]

Try downloading the latest Adobe DNG converter and convert your files to DNG files.  CS2 should then be able to open them.  The only caveat is that I don't know if the lastest DNG converter supports the D700 yet.

[francois]

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 The only caveat is that I don't know if the lastest DNG converter supports the D700 yet.
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According to John Nack, DNG Converter 4.5 does offer preliminary support for D700 files (read [a href=\"http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/dng/]this article[/url]).

[Panopeeper]

It does with 4.5 (it is called "preliminary support").

[Francois beat me by one minute]

[chriscor]

According to the specs on the Adobe site, 4.5 will only work with intel based machines.  My powerbook is a G4 - power PC based.  This is where I run into problems.

[francois]

According to the specs on the Adobe site, 4.5 will only work with intel based machines.  My powerbook is a G4 - power PC based.  This is where I run into problems.
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Try to run the converter on your G4. I'm pretty sure that it ran on my G5, although I've been wrong in the past. Right now, I only have my MacBook Pro so I cannot do the test on PPC Mac.

[francois]

I've found that the DNG Converter v 4.5 has PPC binaries. I've enclosed a screenshot of the Get Info window and it shows that it can run under Rosetta (PPC emulator for Interl-powered Macs) and it's listed as a universal binaries application.

So it should run on your PowerBook G4.

[chriscor]

I've found that the DNG Converter v 4.5 has PPC binaries. I've enclosed a screenshot of the Get Info window and it shows that it can run under Rosetta (PPC emulator for Interl-powered Macs) and it's listed as a universal binaries application.

So it should run on your PowerBook G4.
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You're right it does work. I've down loaded it and converted the files.  It's slow but it seems to work.  Is there any quality difference between the converted dng and a raw image?

[mas55101]

You're right it does work. I've down loaded it and converted the files.  It's slow but it seems to work.  Is there any quality difference between the converted dng and a raw image?
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DNG is a raw image. It will still open in ACR.

Michael

PS-This is my first post here.

[francois]

You're right it does work. I've down loaded it and converted the files.  It's slow but it seems to work.  Is there any quality difference between the converted dng and a raw image?
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IIRC, Jeff Schewe mentioned that RAW files are - internally - converted to DNG when used in Camera Raw.

[francois]

DNG is a raw image. It will still open in ACR.

Michael

PS-This is my first post here.
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Kind of OT, but welcome aboard Michael!