A way around it .........

Peter Elgar
Posted 13/11/2007 - 12:55 Link
When I got the K10D the software would not install because I have Windows ME Edition. Now my wife has a Fuji Finepix s9600 the software coming with that WILL work with Windows ME and I am wondering if I install it can I use it to do 'RAW' conversions from PENTAX files from the camera, as surely, the computer is a machine which doesn't know the difference Pentax/Fuji , only worries about lots of 0000 and 1111 signals.
Been a member of Pentax Club since the Ron Spillman era! Got COMPUTERISED at last - DIGITISED?
Taken the PLUNGE - BUT FILM STILL RULES !!!
Kim C
Posted 13/11/2007 - 12:57 Link
It doesn't know what brand the camera is but it will know there is a difference in file format. However, you can't harm anything by trying it.

Kim
Daniel Bridge
Posted 13/11/2007 - 13:15 Link
You could try the free version of Silkypix, which apparently works with Windows ME, and it would definitely support Raw files from your K10D. You can download it from here: http://www.isl.co.jp/SILKYPIX/english/download/

Dan
K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...
George Lazarette
Posted 13/11/2007 - 14:56 Link
For goodness sake, Peter, Windows ME is ancient, and so, no doubt, is the computer you are using it on.

If you are going to use a digital camera, you need computer software and hardware that were designed for it. You will find your digital experience is improved enormously if you view and edit your pics on a 21st Century computer.

What you are doing is like entering the Tour de France on a Penny Farthing.

It's not as though computers are expensive any more.

G
Keywords: Charming, polite, and generally agreeable.
johnriley
Posted 13/11/2007 - 15:59 Link
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What you are doing is like entering the Tour de France on a Penny Farthing.
Are you not supposed to do that?

Best regards, John
Kim C
Posted 13/11/2007 - 16:07 Link
Depends which drugs you are on!

Kim

Quote:

Are you not supposed to do that?

Kim C
Posted 13/11/2007 - 17:01 Link
In which case I stand by my earlier post!

Kim
Daniel Bridge
Posted 13/11/2007 - 17:03 Link
Peter looks a lot different in cycling shorts...

Dan
K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...
ChrisA
Posted 13/11/2007 - 17:08 Link
Quote:
For goodness sake, Peter, Windows ME is ancient, and so, no doubt, is the computer you are using it on.

If you are going to use a digital camera, you need computer software and hardware that were designed for it. You will find your digital experience is improved enormously if you view and edit your pics on a 21st Century computer.

What you are doing is like entering the Tour de France on a Penny Farthing.

It's not as though computers are expensive any more.
George, you're shocking, truly shocking.... and clearly without shame

It wasn't all that many months ago that you gave me a right royal telling off for having the temerity to suggest higher screen resolutions than 1024x768....

I do agree with you, though...
Daniel Bridge
Posted 13/11/2007 - 17:44 Link
On a slightly related note, have the people using Vista found any/many hardware/software issues? Thinking K10D, Raw convertors etc.

Not that I'm considering changing to Vista, but as that's all you seem to be able to get these days (as far as Windows OS's are concerned before Don, Justgetoutandride etc. pipe up ), I was just wondering...

Dan
K-3, a macro lens and a DA*300mm...
hefty1
Posted 13/11/2007 - 18:32 Link
Quote:
On a slightly related note, have the people using Vista found any/many hardware/software issues? Thinking K10D, Raw convertors etc.
I use Vista Home Premium (64 bit version) and the K10D & Pentax software all works like a charm except the remote suite which can be a little flakey. Vista also runs CaptureOne perfectly (not as fast as the Pentax software though) and my Photoshop 5 that I've carried through from Win98 absolutely flies!

Other packages like Gimp, Inkscape and OpenOffice all work well too.
Joining the Q
Ammonyte
Posted 13/11/2007 - 19:05 Link
Dan,

The uptake of Vista amongst corporate bodies has been very slow. It still has far too many problems to be considered seriously. It's a bit like Windows ME - Microsoft seem to bring out a real dog every once in a while. Companies like Dell have realised this and allow customers to "downgrade" to XP.
Tim the Ammonyte
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K10D & sundry toys
http://www.ammonyte.com/photos.html
ChrisA
Posted 13/11/2007 - 19:10 Link
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It converts your URL into this:

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Don
Posted 13/11/2007 - 19:33 Link
Windows ME.

Windoze M(asochist) E(dition).
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.

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