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| Nikon Capture NX Software for Windows and Mac | 
 enlarge | Brand: Nikon
Category: Photography
List Price: $174.95
Buy New: $98.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 2
MPN: 25338
Model: 25338
UPC: 018208253388
EAN: 0018208253388
ASIN: B000GEQ0HW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Don't buy this software for "Fisheye" 10.5mm feature October 17, 2007
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought this software for one reason, and one reason only: To convert some photos I already shot with the 10.5 mm Nikon Fisheye lens to rectilinear.
It says it has this feature. It doesn't.
It won't convert images not saved as ".NEF" (raw images). It tells you that the pictures weren't shot with a "Compatible Lens".
I don't always shoot raw. I bought this software just to convert a batch of photos I already shot, and it won't let me. What's worse, is I can't return it or get my money back.
If you want this software to convert Fisheye-to-Rectilinear, there may be better choices. For all other things this software does, get Adobe "Lightroom". Nikon Capture NX looks like a cheap toy compared to Adobe Lightroom.
Useful program September 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Though I am proficient with Ken Turkowski's freeware app, DeFish, Capture NX was purchased simply to facilitate correction of fisheye distortion. It works well enough at this. I am not sufficiently familiar with its other features to compare it with Photoshop Elements, the program I seem to start up more than any other to work with photos, including fisheyes.
 Difficult to Use September 27, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read a review of this software in a digital photography magazine, so was excited to purchase it. While I am sure it is a good piece of software for the advanced user, I find it fairly difficult to use. I expected it to be a whole lot easier than Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, but found that not to be so. Both require a lot of study, and I needed to purchase another "how-to" book to get a grip on the features. While I'm sure I will use some of the features, it's not the "one" digital editing program that I sought.
Best photo software for photographers rather than computer geeks September 18, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is really nice intuitive software. It feels as though it was designed by photographers rather than computer programmers.
If you've ever produced your own prints in a darkroom, this software does those sorts of photo improvements better than any other software out there. For instance you can lighten/darken areas so easily, you just click in the area you want to work on and the software works out what area you want to affect. So you don't need to do the laborious tracing you have to do in Photoshop. It's hard to believe but the software just gets it right and does what you want! This aspect is quite magical and revolutionizes photo processing. You'll get great results faster and easier. You can also do many other traditional photographic alterations really easily, such as make beautiful sepia prints, and make black and white prints with proper contrast and tone like traditional black and white film, something other photo software struggles to achieve.
However, Nikon Capture NX lacks some of Photoshop Elements' features. For instance it has no instant spot removal tool. Capture NX is about making existing photos look great, not about changing them completely. So for instance in Photoshop I can move a person to a different place in the picture - I can 'fake' a picture. I can't in Capture NX. Capture NX is more about photography, less about gimmicks. 'Real' photographers - such as people who used to make their own prints from film in a darkroom - will love this software.
I also have Photoshop Elements, and I've decided I'll need to keep using that occasionally as well - for spot removal, changing backgrounds and the more gimmicky photo manipulations. But for general photographic use I'll be using Capture NX 90% of the time. I don't have a Nikon camera, I have a Fuji, which shows how Capture NX is good for everyone, not just Nikon owners. By the way, it's worth buying the book about it, because it's so different from other photo software (but actually far easier) that you might not realize how to use it unless you read a book on it.
Overall, Nikon Capture seems a little expensive - I reckon it should really cost no more than Photoshop Elements - but is is amazing: a new milestone in photo software.
 Great Software September 3, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This software is fairly easy to use and does a great job at adjusting your digital images. The batch mode is a huge time saver.
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