Ive just covered a conference, you know the sort. 200 international visitors, I'm photographing the presentations and the camera,Kodak Pro, just stopped working. That never, ever, happened with my Contax RTS3 ! The recording light continued to blink indicating files being written but camera just stalled. No problem, pick up the backup 14nx sitting on the floor, just waiting for a chance to shine, switch on and continue snapping away. Hardly a twitch from the client and the job completed. BUT. Problems with file reading! Photodesk did not recognise the files from camera 2 neither did photoshop CS. copied them to 4 computers then desperately tried digital Image recovery on the Flash Card.It worked but is unaware of Kodak so called all the DCS files tiff, they don't answer to Tiff . Spent lots of time playing and taking the blood pressure tablets when on the 4th reboot on one machine, CS saw the files which I immediately converted and saved as tiffs. It would have been quicker to process and print a film. With film we knew where we stood,with digital we are fortunate if we can recover from a "Glitch" The dark ages are upon us :-)) Ive copied all the saved files unretouched to CD, twice . AND to a removable drive. Nightmares are sure to follow. I have not a clue as to what went wrong, cards formatted in camera before shooting, fresh batteries and no more than 3 frame every half a minute etc
Must be bedtime now Ps Bob I believe the "Immediacy" of digital capture ruins the thrill of seeing the "processed image" for the fist time ! does for me anyway, Regards Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk For Negatives & transparencies from digital files =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
