Hi, Nikon! Capture NX 2 is Probably Crap
I’m not really satisfied with the way third-party RAW converters handle NEF files. Yes, I could easily just spend more time to make the output better…but like I always say…life is too short for that. So I broke down and bought Capture NX 2 Upgrade even though I loathe the Capture NX workflow…or lack of.
Right now, I’m just installing the thing on my Snow Leopard. Upon double-clicking on the installer, OS X prompted me to install Rosetta Stone…
…OMGWTFBBQ!
Nikon, your installer is still written for PowerPC? Is it that difficult to re-compile that thing in Universal Binary?
I have the feeling this is just part one of the endless list of crap that I will have to go through with this software.
All in the name of better NEF conversion.
Update 1: OK, here we go. Apparently, Version 2.2.2 does NOT work with Snow Leopard. Worse, there is no ETA from Nikon and/or Nik Software on when it would be fixed! Whoever wrote this piece of crap at Nik Software, you better not identify yourselves in the “About Capture NX” dialog box because you will get lots of hate mail…maybe even death threats.
Here is my first conversion with Capture NX2. It’s almost…ALMOST…worthwhile to endure the software’s crappiness.
One advise, Nikon: just create a plugin for Aperture or Lightroom…ditch this UI.
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November 6th, 2009 06:36
Welcome to Nikon’s “Ugly Ass” software. Epson is just as guilty of not getting with the Snow Leopard program and giving the bird to it’s customers as well in the process. These companies have been so used to licking Microsoft’s nads that they need a trip to the woodshed to smarten them up. Wait until you see how much memory and scratch disc space it gobbles up. I could go on of course.