Nikon Capture - 4.4.2

In case anyone is waiting for this to be Leopard-compatible, here's the short answer: It won't.

I hadn't realized this, and contacted Nikon on the phone. Spoke to a tech who told me that Capture Control is terminated, and has been replaced by Capture Control Pro.

And, oh yeah, as of this date (2-11-08) the tech told me that Capture Control Pro is NOT Leopard-compatible either!!

Ohhhh-kay....

Crashes on startup in Mac PPC

I followed the following recommendation from Nikon Support to the letter and after I had almost given up before, this works great. Hope everyone else will benefit from this recommendation (I've done this in OSX 10.4.3):

1. Go-Applications-Nikon Software and delete the Nikon Capture folder.
2. Go-Home-Library-Preferences and delete all Nikon files and folders.
3. Go to the link below to download and instal Nikon Capture 4.2.1 install it, do not install the version from the cd.

Title: Current Versions of Nikon Software
URL: http://support.nikontech.com/cgi-bin/nikonusa.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=61&p_created=1029180813

4. Unstuff this with Stuffit 9. I know that you indicated that you have stuffit 9 but stuffit 10 was released so it is important that we manually unstuff and install Nikon Capture with 9. (My note: start Stuffit Expander 9.02 and drag the .sit file onto the open app to expand -- I had the files on the Desktop)

5. Update to Nikon Capture 4.3.1 (My note: do exactly like step 4).
-- This worked and I then upgraded to 4.3.2 in the same way. So far I have not noticed speed decrease like other users reported on my machine.

Experienced the same oddities the other posters detailed. First, the installer could not find the applications, Nikon Capture Editor or Nikon Capture Control, even though they were both in the default locations the original installer placed them off the CD.

My installed version was 4.3.0 - so I suspected the updater could not make the giant leap to 4.3.2 until first updating to 4.3.1 - picked that updater up as a .sit file on Version Tracker. Placed the .sit file in the same folder with the Nikon apps before expanding it - giving it the shortest line of sight to the apps. (OK, maybe it wasn't necessary or my reasoning is shoot from the hip - but found joy) Then it ran, found what it needed, updated the apps and requested a restart.

Then I expanded the 4.3.2 updater in the same folder (first removing the 4.3.1 updater folder) and it ran and this time found the apps. Installer performed the update routine and requested a restart. After restart, I checked the version of Nikon Capture Editor and I was 4.3.1.303!! Getting another hunch, I ran the update installer again and instead of it telling me that I was already up to date, it did its run again. Rebooted, now the apps say 4.3.2.303.

I'll describe the whole fun time as quite dorky and backassward. Nikon's web site is sort of that way also - hard to figure out how to find anything -instead of just being able to jumpt to the software downloads, you have to play twenty questions and first find your camera's selections- and the newest versions of the Nikon Capture apps are not even there!

I do not agree that Photoshop CS2 does a better (or equal) job with the NEF files. Photoshop is trying to be all things to all things RAW and washing out in its effort (in my opinion only.) Yes it is better than what shipped with CS1, but the Nikon dedicated proprietary app just gives me quicker, and most importantly, better results - it just knows its own files better. So now that the unexpected quit issue is supposedly resolved, I'm even happier and very much recommend starting the editing process with Nikon Capture Editor, then moving the "saved as TIFF" into Photoshop (never save a change to the original NEF!)

Grrr Nikon's hardware is excellent but their software makes my blood boil. I have my drive partitioned. I don't like Apple's scheme of putting everything in pne place. I want my apps on the Applications partition. Nikon's 4.32 updater is too stupid to look around. It sees no base app on the System partition so declares that I do not have the app installed. Sigh

Re-install app on system partition just so I can update it then move it where I want it. 4.32 still cannot help because it wants me to use the 4.1 and 4.2 updaters first. How !@#$%%^ing stupid!

Run the 4.1 updater. Try to run the 4.2 updater. Suddenly things are going seriously wrong. According to a dialog box, there is something missing, a PACE extension. (Hang on...I just ran the original installer. How can something be missing?)

Would I like to go to the PACE web site and downloaod an instlaler? Ohg well, if I must. Click the OK button. Nothing. Click the Cancel button. Nothing. Now I have this dumb dialog box staring at me. Taunting me. Driving me nuts.

And that's not all. There is another dialog box. You have just installed software that requires a restart. so you MUST DO IT NOW!!!

Well, I have some important FTP activity ging on. I don't want to re-start NOW thank you. Too bad. Now I have this second dialong box staring at me, driving me nuts.

Nikon is not the only offender in this department. Why oh why can't we see a dialog box that says "A restart will be needed before you use your new software. Do it now? Remind me later?

And don't even get me started about Nikon's other software offerings.

I mean, it's not even as if this software adds anything to most people's toolbox. I only have it "just in case". Photoshop with its excellent RAW format plug-in does everything I need.