New camera blues: So I used a Canon T1i for many years. Bit the bullet and got a new beautiful D5 MIII with a 24-70 L lens. Took the camera out and shot a few. Went back to the...

IBE

So I used a Canon T1i for many years. Bit the bullet and got a new beautiful D5 MIII with a 24-70 L lens. Took the camera out and shot a few. Went back to the computer but it would not download raw images. Photoshop elements 9 will not work. Adobe has a free plug in but I need windows 7 or higher and I am still running XP. So I bit another bullet and bought another computer with all the bells and whistles. Should last 6 months before becoming obsolete . Thanks for allowing me to vent.

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

I had to buy a new computer last year when I bought my D810.
Jack

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

You could have simply used the FREE DPP that comes with the camera!!
That's what I do!! :lol:
SS

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

SharpShooter wrote:

You could have simply used the FREE DPP that comes with the camera!!
That's what I do!! :lol:
SS

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

SharpShooter wrote:

You could have simply used the FREE DPP that comes with the camera!!...That's what I do!! SS

i tried that but it won't load or run on my 32 bit win XP with 4 gig of memory and 160 gig drive.
So i just do JPG files.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

oldtigger wrote:

i tried that but it won't load or run on my 32 bit win XP with 4 gig of memory and 160 gig drive.
So i just do JPG files.

Windows XP???
Holly crap Tigger, get yourself an iPhone, it'll be twice as fast as THAT old thing!! :lol: :lol:
SS

Leitz Loc: Solms

IBE wrote:

So I used a Canon T1i for many years. Bit the bullet and got a new beautiful D5 MIII with a 24-70 L lens. Took the camera out and shot a few. Went back to the computer but it would not download raw images. Photoshop elements 9 will not work. Adobe has a free plug in but I need windows 7 or higher and I am still running XP. So I bit another bullet and bought another computer with all the bells and whistles. Should last 6 months before becoming obsolete . Thanks for allowing me to vent.

It is downright criminal how these companies keep compatibility and system requirements top secret and only release the information AFTER the purchase!

oldtigger Loc: Roanoke Virginia-USA

SharpShooter wrote:

Windows XP???
Holly crap Tigger, get yourself an iPhone, it'll be twice as fast as THAT old thing!! :lol: :lol:
SS

in best buy saturday to get an anti virus renewal i admit i walked down the computer aisle but my rig has been hic-up free for 10-12 years of 24/7 running and i hate to scrap her.
Retail is so expensive and i don't know who to trust on line.
Taking an hour to process a stack is getting to be a drag though.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

When all else fails, you can always do a copy/paste. Personally, I never let installed software import for me, but take care of the process manually.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

IBE - you have a wonderful lens and camera combination. But, as mentioned by the D810 reference earlier, you've moved into the upper tier of equipment with corresponding expectations for computer hardware and photo processing software to handle the relatively enormous image files. When you get settled into this new environment, hopefully, you'll not regret the investments to achieve all the resulting advancements.

CHOLLY Loc: THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE!

oldtigger wrote:

in best buy saturday to get an anti virus renewal i admit i walked down the computer aisle but my rig has been hic-up free for 10-12 years of 24/7 running and i hate to scrap her.
Retail is so expensive and i don't know who to trust on line.
Taking an hour to process a stack is getting to be a drag though.

Push comes to shove you could always build yourself a custom machine for under $1000 that is very powerful and fast....

Lots of videos on YouTube will show you how... step by step. :thumbup:

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

IBE wrote:

So I used a Canon T1i for many years. Bit the bullet and got a new beautiful D5 MIII with a 24-70 L lens. Took the camera out and shot a few. Went back to the computer but it would not download raw images. Photoshop elements 9 will not work. Adobe has a free plug in but I need windows 7 or higher and I am still running XP. So I bit another bullet and bought another computer with all the bells and whistles. Should last 6 months before becoming obsolete . Thanks for allowing me to vent.

You'll need to bite the other bullet. Your best course of action is to upgrade your computer. 16-32 gb ram, i7 cpu, 2-4 tb on two or more drives for storage, discrete graphics card with 2 gb ram - not the Intel GPU that is on the CPU. Something like this should be less than $1200.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

IBE wrote:

So I used a Canon T1i for many years. Bit the bullet and got a new beautiful D5 MIII with a 24-70 L lens. Took the camera out and shot a few. Went back to the computer but it would not download raw images. Photoshop elements 9 will not work. Adobe has a free plug in but I need windows 7 or higher and I am still running XP. So I bit another bullet and bought another computer with all the bells and whistles. Should last 6 months before becoming obsolete . Thanks for allowing me to vent.

Funny how those things sneak up on you, isn't it. I bet you just hated having to buy a new computer. :D

Tomwils Loc: Crofton, Kentucky

I went the "roll your own" computer route some time ago and built a very stable, reliable, Windows XP computer that I still use in my shop. It is painfully slow, now. You can't buy the parts to build a computer as good as one from retail. I bought a Dell (hate to name names) XPS8700 with 12GB RAM, 1TB drive, i7-4790 @ 3.6GHz CPU and Nvidia GeForce GT720 video adapter with Windows 8 64 bit for roughly $1200. The CPU alone would have cost more than half that. Really hard core imaging folks prefer Mac, I'm told, but I finally got used to Win 8 and rather like it.

authorizeduser Loc: Monroe, Michigan

oldtigger wrote:

in best buy saturday to get an anti virus renewal i admit i walked down the computer aisle but my rig has been hic-up free for 10-12 years of 24/7 running and i hate to scrap her.
Retail is so expensive and i don't know who to trust on line.
Taking an hour to process a stack is getting to be a drag though.

Build your own computer, that is what I do every 5 years or so .... Not complicated at all. The most time consuming part is assembly and wire routing so it looks nice. May or may not be cheaper but you get what you want, the way you want it and the satisfaction you did it yourself.