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I have been using the Nikon GP-1 GPS adapter with my D300. When using Capture NX on MacOS to save the NEF's as JPG's, every once in a while the GPS coordinates stored in the JPG's differ from the original NEF's. I think this bug is caused by a rounding error. Sometimes its either latitude or...

I use Photo Mechanic mostly on my Mac Pro. No complaints about its speed!

I have found it difficult to use VR when shooting sports. The extra time it takes for the VR to "engage" delays the shutter too much and I miss the shot I wanted.

I like Smugmug so much I have two separate accounts. One for "public" photos and the other for family.

The Athletics Director at my daughter's high school can't see me often enough, I must be lucky. There is one ref who sometimes does our games that won't let me behind the baseline, but most do. Just got an 85mm f/1.4 today and can't wait to give it a try!

Google Calendar I use Google Calendar. I can access it from Windows, Mac, or Linux from any computer connected to the internet! I highly recommend it. Everyone in my family has their own and we can share them with eachother. Really helps coordinating and knowing what's up.

Parallels is not supported on Mac Pro Parallels doesn't currently run on the Mac Pro. Starting the virtual machine results in the Mac crashing ("panic"). There is a hack involving minor tweaks to the MacOS (followed by a reboot) that some have found resolves this problem. It worked for me. I...

Bootcamp turns your Mac into a PC. It does this by creating a disk partition for the Windows installation and then providing Windows with some drivers for the Mac hardware. There is no emulation, it is quite fast. Though, I hear that those drivers don't get you the same disk I/O performance that...

If you want it much quicker, cancel the order and order a new one without the Airport card. That card causes significant delays. I got mine in about 10 days without the card. When that card is available, order it and install it yourself:smile:

same problem here I have had a lot of auto-focus trouble with my 70-200VR. I think I actually had a couple of problems, one with my body and the other with my lens. At the worst of times, the camera would not auto-focus with any of my lenses. After sending the body in a couple of times, the...

Autofocus still broken I got my D70 back from Nikon Service and it didn't take long for my autofocus to stop working again. By this I mean that there is no attempt at all to focus, it doesn't even try. Manual focus works fine, but it is tough to shoot a soccer player running towards me while...

adding metadata to RAW files I don't use Aperature, but I do take the time to add metadata to my images. I add captions, keywords, my email and web address to each. While there's lots of software that will add this information, I use Photo Mechanic. My import image workflow goes something...

Backordered My order status currently reads: Currently one or more items are backordered. Every effort is being made to complete the order.:frown:

Placed my order as well. Thanks for the tip.

My activity has been normal so far this month. I have captions/keywords on just about every photo (I use PhotoMechanic to stick them in the file). Is this activity concentrated to a particular gallery or even a particular photo? SmugMug will display such details. I once had a huge...

I don't think you will get more than one hit (per photo size) no matter how much sorting and rearranging you do. At least, not if your browser does the sort of caching that is commonly performed.

Well, you could save $5 if you use this coupon of mine: Pcb7tLccqjbpQ I take a lot of sports photos and SmugMug is a great way to make them available to the players and their families. I have two SmugMug accounts, one for family/personal photos and the other that is mostly just for Sports.

Free NC NX upgrades I was told by someone at Nikon (when calling about servicing my camera) that those with the latest version of NC will be able to upgrade for free. They are supposed to be announcing the details 30 days before the release of NC NX.

Repair categories I have a B2 repair category as well. Here are the category descriptions you can view when you login to the Imaging Service Approval site: Repair Category N - No Repair Needed A - Minor Adj/Checking B1 - Moderate Repair : Minor Parts Replaced B2 - Moderate Repair ...

Hopefully the D70s's don't have this problem! I shipped mine in, first time ever without my camera. Hopefully they will let me know its status within a few of days.

My autofocus problems were intermittent until yesterday when the autofocus stopped working completely. I thought it was the 70-200VR lens, perhaps bad contacts because this was the only lens that I ever had on when the problem happened. Removing the lens and putting it back on would usually...

Thanks for the reference, I am checking it out now.

85 seconds! I never imagined that such speeds were possible! My laptop is kind of old, so it doesn't support USB2. It does have built-in firewire. I must give that a try right away!

I have been using a PC card adapter to transfer images from compact flash cards to my computer. It takes me at least 15 minutes or so to transfer a "full" 1GB Lexar card. I am wondering if a Firewire compact flash reader would be any quicker, or if the limitation is simply the flash card read...

I am going to the ones in Berkeley, CA, in Jan.

Nice photos. My 70-200 VR is also rarely off my camera!

I have used my SB-800 and 70-200mm f2.8 for volleyball. The flash pictures are much sharper than those without. The high ISO I have to use without the flash makes for some very noisy pictures. To get a feel for the court, try shooting practices. When I first got my D70, I started going to my...

I have had my D70 for 18 months and I still feel this way. I am looking into classes/workshops in my area to help address this issue for me.

Export button You need to use the Export feature to do this. You can select a thumbnail and then press the Export button at the bottom of the page. Or, CTRL-Shift-S will also do it.

Wow :smile:

I spend most of my time taking soccer pictures. I hand-held my 70-200VR for a few weeks before I started using a monopod. I wanted to get my arms used to the extra weight for those situations where I needed to hand-carry. While shooting, my left arm is supporting all the weight. I let the...

What is Art? Before I can figure our how to get to art, I need to learn what it is. Too often I am about to trash an image and my wife says "No, that one is a definite keeper". Or, "That's not the best way to crop that image". So, I spend a lot of time looking at photos from others to help...

DPR and lurking at sportsshooter.com

Don't look at any of the older galleries! I spent my first year with my D70 using a very cheap zoom lens just trying to get the hang of my camera. This Fall I got away with buying a 70-200VR. Sure is nice! Now, instead of trying to take reasonable photos of every player, I am just trying to take...

Before I started using a flash for my daughter's High School indoor volleyball games, I spent a couple of games without a flash (2.8 VR on my D70 at ISO1600). After that, I asked the coaches if I could use a flash and they had no problem with it. I talked to the players and they said that they...

I had the same problem last Tuesday. It was caused by some bad information cached by my browser. After I killed it and restarted everything looked fine.

I am not Patrick but I know you need to upgrade from the basic Smugmug membership to set your own prices (and therefore earn money) on prints. I think you need the "Professional" membership to do this. I joined Smugmug just a little over a year ago. My referrals this past year have paid for...

I write software when I am not playing with my camera or with Magic Online.

Thanks for the explanation! I have just recently started using "M" mode of my D70 while trying to take indoor volleyball pictures. My terrible technique has been "trial and error" until I got something close to what I liked. Using the Electronic Analog Exposure Display will save me a lot of...

Thanks for the tip. I was wondering what was the source of those crashes I have been having.

I have installed and been using Capture on Windows and recently (yesterday) decided to check it out on my daughter's new iBook. My PC is old and I wanted to see if I could process photos quicker on the Mac. The license string worked just fine on the Mac. When I bought Capture, both the Mac...

I am new to Capture and just fired it up to check out the D-Lighting function. Thanks for the tip, it will help with white soccer jerseys!

I have been a SmugMug user for about a year and am quite happy with them. I have over 2,000 photos there consuming close to 6GB. I like the flat-fee and unlimited storage. If you do a lot of hiking or travel with a GPS, their photo mapping feature is very cool!

I had heard that shipments were expected around the end of this month. Mine arrived just yesterday.