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Gear Talk => Camera Talk => Topic started by: jknights on March 17, 2016, 15:23:25

Title: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 17, 2016, 15:23:25: Does anyone have a D500 NEF that I can use for my testing of new RAW software. Cant say more as I am under NDA.
If you have a personal NEF then I can guarantee it will not go elsewhere.
If you send me a PM then I can provide an email address for Dropbox transfer.

Alternatively if someone knows of a D500 NEF that is available for download please can you post the url.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: Erik Lund on March 18, 2016, 12:34:08: Sorry no NEF files yet,,, But my guess is they soon will start to show up ;)
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 18, 2016, 16:22:54: Thanks Erik.
I was hoping someone may have had one from one of the special Nikon days.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on March 18, 2016, 16:40:35: We weren't allowed to stick our own cards into the camera ....
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: Andy on March 18, 2016, 17:40:13: Can get you a D5 NEF, if that helps.
rgds, Andy
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 19, 2016, 11:28:37: Quote from: Andy on March 18, 2016, 17:40:13
Can get you a D5 NEF, if that helps.
rgds, Andy

That would be really useful as well as I will need to confirm that that is being read correctly.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 19, 2016, 11:29:33: Quote from: Bjørn Rørslett on March 18, 2016, 16:40:35
We weren't allowed to stick our own cards into the camera ....

That is very disappointing but I guess early hands on is the next best thing.
I dont have good contacts here in Spain so I have to wait for general release.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: Andy on March 19, 2016, 11:38:27: Quote from: jknights on March 19, 2016, 11:28:37
That would be really useful as well as I will need to confirm that that is being read correctly.
No problem, you are very welcome.
Any particular requirement for the NEF? ISO, patterns, etc ...
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on March 19, 2016, 11:41:16: Quote from: jknights on March 19, 2016, 11:29:33
That is very disappointing ....

In fact, this practice has become the norm these days. Pre-production cameras are usually fully functional, but their firmware and signal processing may not be completed. Making an evaluation of a production series based on these early samples is problematic to say the least. I distinctly remember when I had to rewrite part of a review for a Nikon DSLR because it turned out to be a major discrepancy between pre-production and ordinary production bodies. The feature I initially complained about had been remedied later. I felt like a fool and luckily due to my current NDA, will not be in a position to repeat this error.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 19, 2016, 20:09:24: Quote from: Andy on March 19, 2016, 11:38:27
No problem, you are very welcome.
Any particular requirement for the NEF? ISO, patterns, etc ...

All I want is a a well (correctly) expose image but of course anything else from a Nikon is abnormal. :-)
This September I will be Nikon for 43 years! Bought my Nikkormat FT in September 1973 and my F2 Photomic in September 1974. Never regretted the choice.
Title: Re: Please help me - Need D500 NEF for testing
Post by: jknights on March 20, 2016, 13:56:17: Andy, Thanks for the D5 images from your download link.