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Re: [Digital BW] Nikon vs. Canon

2005-08-25 by Michael Hung

Sorry, I know this is totally OT in this forum, ..

Nikon View and the NEF plugin which is free will open the file with
the custom or auto WB just fine. Passing down the $100 Capture
software for $1,300 to the customer is definitely a very good business
outcome.

> 
> My proposal to print the image in black and white was shot down, 
> unfortunately. We ended up buying software from Nikon to deal with the 
> image, passed about $1,300 in additional charges on to the client, and 
> ate about that in lost productivity ourselves. So dealing with a single 
> image from a $5,000 camera cost about $2,500. Not an impressive
business 
> outcome.

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