DigitalPro Shooter

Volume 1, Issue 1, December 12th, 2001

Welcome to DigitalPro Shooters, your source for the latest in news and tips for the serious digital photographer. Moose and I are pleased that we'll be able to share with you some of what we learn.

In this issue we'll talk about Nikon's rebate program for the D1, an undocumented feature of the D1X and D1H, and let you know the latest on DigitalPro software and The D1 Generation.

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Nikon's D1 Rebate: Crazy like a fox?

Starting Monday, Nikon will credit D1 owners $1200 dollars for their old D1 towards the purchase of a D1X. "What," you say, "I can get twice that on eBay! Are they nuts?!" Well, not entirely. For you and I it seems silly, but for a large organization with dozens or even hundreds of D1 bodies, one which isn't going to pay its employees to spend time trying to unload them on eBay or elsewhere, this $1200 makes the D1X much more affordable. If their D1s are 18 months old, they are probably depreciated to around $2000, so they are in effect recovering over half of their remaining asset value. It'll help the finance types nudge the company to the D1X--helping end of year sales and probably making it a little tougher for anyone thinking of switching their firm to the Canon-1D!

Let's see if Canon offers a competitive upgrade for Nikon owners the way computer manufacturers and software manufacturers often do.

Don't try this at home!

Moose and I try a lot of things that the average camera owner probably shouldn't. How else would we be able to write about what we find:-) So, right after getting my D1X, I set the Folder to 999 to see what would happen when I "ran out" of images. First, I found that new cards inserted in the D1X from any other camera required an in camera format to work. This was a good thing, in an odd way, as it forced me to reformat cards before using them. A card from my D1X got into my D1H, so it quickly moved to folder 999 also.

That was fine until I hit Folder 999, Image 9999. Then the camera refused to go any further! It wouldn't read new cards and even when I formatted them in the camera I got a chilling "CHA" error on the LCD. OOPS! Boy was this going to be hard to explain to Nikon support. I wasn't sure they'd believe I'd actually taken 10,000,000 photos.

Fortunately, undocumented in the manual, the Sequential Folder Numbering->Reset option snapped my folder number back to 100 and all was well. So, when you take your 10 millionth photograph with your 1X or 1H, now you know what to do.

DigitalPro 1.2 Beta Released

We're very excited about DP1.2 for Windows. With this release we've really provided all the features we envisioned when we first started on DP. That doesn't mean we're stopping--far from it--but it means DP truly is the most effective way to work with your digital images. Thanks to all our early users for helping steer the development!

New features in 1.2 include:

• Web/HTML Gallery for exporting/viewing images
• Memorized Submissions & a new Publishing tool
• Lossless JPEG transforms, including rotation
• Improved IPTC editor, including memorized term lists
• Moose's wildlife filing guide

The D1 Generation: Update

I've just received an early proof of The D1 Generation, and it looks great! Moose and I already knew it was packed with great information, because we put it there:-), but now we know that it reads well and the color plates are gorgeous. If you want an autographed copy, there is still time to place your order at http://www.moose395.net/tradingpost.html

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Good shooting and Happy Holidays!

--David Cardinal, editor DigitalPro Shooter
Pro Shooters LLC

--Moose Peterson
Wildlife Research Photography

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