2013-01-26T19:00:00
Rated 4 out of 5
CADILLAC CAMERA, AMAZING PHOTOS
I have been drooling for over a year for the Nikon D800 camera and I was very excited to purchase it after Christmas. So far, this camera is giving me everything it promised and the photo resolution is exquisite!!! I matched this to a Tamron 18-270 lens. I have set up the camera to shoot concurrently a RAW & JPEG image. Now that means it takes more room on the memory card and more space on my computer but it has helped me a great deal in my workflow to do things this way. And this time it has paid off immediately!
I have been off doing test shooting since the first week of January and just yesterday I sat down to work on a photo in Photoshop CS5.5 that I really liked from last weeks shoot. WELLL!!. I couldn't work in my RAW files!!!
I contacted Adobe and found that you must upgrade to Photoshop CS6 to work in the D800 RAW files!!! Or just use the software that Nikon provides. I am used to Photoshop and the Nikon software isn't really extensive enough for processing photos for potential sales.
How aggravating. I was hoping for a patch at least but no, I had to either go back to my D300 camera or upgrade my Photoshop immediately. SIGH! Well luckily the upgrade was only $199.00 but still...I wasn't prepared to make that expenditure yet. So, HEAD'S UP folks. If your plan is to work in D800 RAW files with Photoshop you'll be upgrading your software immediately as well. I didn't find a single word about that on camera reviews before I bought the camera so "BUYER BEWARE" BTW I only use Lexar memory cards now as the quality of photos are so much better than using the cheaper memory cards. If you want to sell your work consider it part of the 'cost of doing business'. ENJOY, This camera is a Cadillac :D
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