you heard wrong. the 30 day trial is for the version of the software the controls the camera remotely and allows editing. you get the browser and converter for free by downloading from the Nikon web site. this has been the way Nikon has done it for about 3 or 4 years at least.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: The nickle & diming has begun > (For non-US readers: The term "to nickel and dime" means to extract > money in small increments that eventually add up to a lot.) > > I just heard that the new Nikon D-70, which, even though it is a > *budget" DSLR, does cost about a thousand dollars, does NOT include the > Nikon software for reading/converting RAW files. You get a trial version > that's good for 30 days and after that you have to pay for the full > version.
