Thanks but that's firmware, correct? I'm looking for the last version of the Photodesk software for Mac.
April 2, 2023
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I don't know if it's good, but I also have two files on Dropbox
PhotoDeek_V_3_2_1_en hqx
Photo_Desk_V_4_3_0 dmg -
I think the second is exactly what I'm looking for if you'd be wiliing to share!
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Just give me an email for Dropbox
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Well, my SLR/n arrived Wednesday.
I got 3 batteries with it(it claimed none) which was a nice surprise. As a bit of another nice bonus, too, it came with the nice heavy padded foam Kodak Professional neck strap, something my 14/n didn't have. I wish Nikon straps were this nice.
I walked around with it and just a 50mm lens(AF-S 50mm f/1.8) and so far I'm really pleased with the results. The one issue I did notice is I see to see some red fringing on high contrast areas. I don't know if I'm seeing CA in the lens that my Nikons normally correct(although I couldn't manually correct it completely in Photoshop) or if's an IR issue. It seems cleaner and sharper at the base 160 than my 14/n has ever been at 80. Still, though, this camera is a definite upgrade over the 14/n, and that starts with it being ready to shoot about 3 seconds after power on rather than 10+.
I did learn, though, that the 14/n also has ultra low ISOs accessed the same way(through the long exposure menu) as the SLR/n...I'd not found that in several years of owning the camera. Apparently initially they went down to 25, but through firmware updates got the same ISO 6 as the SLR/n.
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Great! extra batteries is a great bonus,
How interesting the change in boot times, i'd wish there was a mod to improve this on the 14/n...
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Sorry for the late answer. If you still need the dmg, please drop me an e-mail to ib@pochtar.com
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My recollection is that the slr/n handles lens correction differently as well. You can apply the fix in post or something rather than having to get it right in camera (not that it ever worked right in the 14n, hello Italian flag).
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I was able to get it thanks to @Maoby but thank you! It's running great now on my Titanium PowerBook but I need to get something better out as it's a bit pokey with those files(especially when I pop them over to CS2).
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Yes, I noticed that there's an option to set it in Photodesk that's not there on 14/n files. There are a lot more options actually even in the same version of Photodesk.
The AF-S f/1.8 probably wasn't the best choice, though, as the camera doesn't seem to have a profile for it. I don't remember exactly when that lens came out, but I'm guessing it was after Kodak was still updating software/firmware for these cameras.
Most of my lenses I use day-to-day on my newer cameras are AF-S/G lenses but I also don't have any shortage of AF/AF-D lenses(along with piles of non-AI, AI, and AI-s lens). As much as it would be great to use cutting edge glass, I know I may need to use older lenses on these cameras for best results. I haven't looked to see if they're there, but maybe at least my 70-200 f/2.8 VR1 and 300 f/2.8 VR1 are in the profiles-those are mid-2000s lenses.
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When I got my 14n (2003?), I noticed straight away that there were corner sharpness problems with my film era Nikon zooms. Martin (forget his surname) who was Kodak UK's guru advised me to go for prime lenses. Which I did (17mm, 24mm.35mm, 50mm) but I had Italian flag issues with all of them, which no in-camera lens corrections setting could fix. Those who went for the nx upgrade or the SLR/n reported much improved lens optimisation, especially as you could tweak it in post.