Comments on: Free Capture NX 2 (Ver. 2.2) update coming in April 2009

By: lox

lox — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:57:45 +0000

ATTENTION! If you’re running Windows (any version), the 2.2 update comes with trouble (at least the german version is affected): You cannot control exposure of your NEF files anymore, CNX is likely to crash(!) – some other bugs have been reported.

Meanwhile, Nikon has retracted the update package. No info on fixes yet.

Do _NOT_ install the 2.2 update if you’re running the german version, check out issues with other language versions.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:47:40 +0000

NX 2.2.0 now available for download at Nikon Switzerland (www.nikon.ch).

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:07:26 +0000

That loca feature alone is worth an upgrade ! Awesome ! Nikon are making real improvements in lens correction tools and this is GREAT news. Let’s hope they keep moving in this direction.

By: CB

CB — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:50:41 +0000

Capture NX is coded in .net

I’ve seen a few walkthroughs to make sure your .net installations are up to date and that CNX is referencing them properly, but google fails me at the moment

first thing, make sure you have .net framework 3.5 sp1 installed – you should be able to get it from windows update or microsoft’s website.

By: Peter Ibbotson

Peter Ibbotson — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:48:50 +0000

Thanks. What am I looking for…a little more detail would help!

By: lox

lox — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:26:52 +0000

dual core support, “improved speed in batch processing” – THE LORD SHALL BE PRAISED! (I need a faster computer anyway. How about 64bit support, any information on that?)

I’m suffering some issues with the updated View NX, crashes on larger batch operations (i.e. applying quick adjustment settings to some hundred images and keep the originals in a subfolder). Anybody else?

By: dino

dino — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:29:51 +0000

p.s. The only thing I’d really improve of NX2 is the “autofix” tool (the patch) which isn’t always reliable since it “guesses” where to copy on the point you’re fixing. Probably something like the photoshop clone would be much better (or at least telling it from where to copy)

By: dino

dino — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 11:28:18 +0000

I see CD ROM is required… why, if it’s a downloadable update?

By: JakeB

JakeB — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:40:45 +0000

Hey, Brian, best is to download a trial of Capture NX2 and see what you think. It’s definitely ‘noticeable.’ Everything I do needs to pass muster at 100%, so if that’s your standard, I’d check it out.

I had purple fringing on a background that I’d deliberately blown out, and this was a shot I wanted to upload to a stock photos site (NOT microstock!). Capture NX2 automatically corrected it — fantastic.

As I said, beyond that the whole U Point technology is very cool. It’s not as precise as Photoshop masking, etc., but it can often get the same job done faster.

Jake

By: CB

CB — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:50:05 +0000

I have 2.1.1 running on xp 64 bit. check your .net installations.

By: brian darnell

brian darnell — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:44:27 +0000

How big of a difference is it from a Raw with LR and a Raw with nx2. Where can I view a side by side?

By: SteMa

SteMa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:09:23 +0000

I looked it up, and the “axial color aberration” is LoCa, which is the color fringing of out of focus areas (background greenish halo, foreground magenta). Will this be able to fix this or is this a typo? Also I really welcome the lens based vignetting control, although it’s not easy, since it depends on focal length, focusing distance and aparture, so I don’t know how precise they will profile the lens, and how much 3rd party lens will be supported. And if they do this a distorsion correction would be nice as well That also depends on focal lenght and focusing distance, but a general fix would be a great help too (only depending on focal lenght), like in dxo or ptlens. The multicore support will be great too!

By: Peter Ibbotson

Peter Ibbotson — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:46:55 +0000

NX 2.1.0 doesn’t run on XP 64-bit, and it looks as though 2.2 won’t either. So much for trying to process D3x files with this platform.

By: JakeB

JakeB — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:06:56 +0000

After using an Aperture 2 to Photoshop CS4 workflow I’ve been playing around with Capture NX2, and while the interface is a little clunky in places I have to agree that its RAW conversion beats Aperture 2 and ACR (I mean, come on, who knows Nikon cameras like Nikon?).

Also, the color point control is fast and can produce subtle results.

So now it’s Aperture for resource management, Capture NX2 for conversion (and quite a bit more) and Photoshop for the hardcore pixel pushing.

By the way, I’m on a 2.5 Ghz MacBook Pro with 4GB of memory and Capture, while not the fastest, doesn’t drag.

Jake

By: Kiki

Kiki — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:24:38 +0000

That ticks me off that only now has Nikon decided to offer support for the P6000 in CNX. In the lead-up to the P6000′s introduction, by the sin of omission Nikon seemed to suggest that the P6000 would not be supported for use with CNX. It was a deaf silence on the part of Nikon.

I was so upset that I bought a Canon G10 for casual usage when I don’t want to lug around my D700. Plus as a matter of principle, the AC battery charger for the Nikon P6000 was extra.

By: Ron Scubadiver

Ron Scubadiver — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:59:14 +0000

IMO, NX is impossibly slow, especially when noise reduction is in use. I shoot a lot of high ISO, and that made me give up.

By: marc

marc — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000

I use NX2 v2 on my single core P4 3.0Ghz. I found it really show in Windows XP. Once I made the move to Windows 7 Beta, NX2 ran tremendously faster. Making changes in exposure, brightness, contrast, or even saturation within XP I would have to wait for the program/computer to catch up with each move of the slider. In Windows 7, the changes happended pretty much in real time as I moved the sliders. On top of it, I was running RAID 1 within XP. This is not the case in Win7 and it’s still much faster. Just my experience

By: turo

turo — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:50:00 +0000

Its not the fastest software, but its not so slow to the point where it is unusable (far from it, actually). And considering the RAW performance one can get using it, it is well worth giving it another shot (if you shoot RAW).

I’m on a 4GB MBP as well, and I’m excited about the dual-core support!

By: HDZ

HDZ — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:31:35 +0000

I love Nikon Transfer because it’s can attach IPTC to all your file when you download image to computer.

And it’s can add one line keywords, Nikon View NX and Capture NX can’t do this job.

By: [NR] admin

[NR] admin — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:36:31 +0000

yes, it is weird that Nikon pre-announced what will be released next month – they never do this