Adobe DNG Converter is - apart from View NX2 - the only free alternative if you run a version of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) that is incompatible with your new Nikon. In this article I enlist a number of software alternatives and extensively describe the RAW-DNG conversion process, which is the same for any RAW format, independent of brand. DNG files can be opened by ACR ever since the first version of Adobe Creative Suite. more »

I have been photographing all my life, and even if I did shoot and edit quite a few Hi-8 videos in the early nineties, digital video is an entirely new territory for me. Meaning: I need to get a whole bunch of questions answered, so not to turn my first DSLR video into a total bummer. I found this article on Nikon Cinema very helpful, and so might you. more »

From the Nikon press release: Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of Nikkor lenses for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached eighty million in mid June 2013.   From the Nikon press release: Nikon Corporation is pleased to announce that total production of Nikkor lenses for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras reached eighty million in mid June 2013. This year, the Nikkor camera lens also celebra… more »

As a registered Adobe member, today I received an invitation to participate in a customer survey, which I took – of course – even though the rewards are rather measly. Moreover, to qualify they require you to give up your data, which I gracefully declined. No rewards for me... more »

Today, Flickr launched a mayor interface update and finally - and I mean finally - eliminated their measly 200 picture limit for free accounts, something that was way overdue. Yahoo now give you one terabyte (1.000 Gigabyte) of space to show off your stuff, which makes them look a little like a pendulum: either hardly anything or way too much. more »

Adobe recently announced that they will not continue the development of their Creative Suite (CS) “perpetual license model” software as we know it, and - instead - pursue a new, cloud-based licensing model, called CC: Creative Cloud, which is - in short - a creative criminal client fuck... more »

The latest releases of Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and DNG converter v.7.3 (12-2012) and 7.4 (02-2013) add support for the Nikon D5200 and D7100, respectively, while between them new profiles for 60 lenses. more »