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Dave H111164

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I've just starting looking at RAW, and have the following problem. If I choose RAW (only), the camera (D50) writes a "NEF" file, around 5 Mb. If, however, I choose "RAW + BASIC", it writes 2 small JPGs (about 650 Kb), and no "NEF" file. What am I doing wrong? Or is it a fairly serious problem with the camera?

Thanks for any suggestions,

Dave.
 
I am assuming that after you download pictures to your computer, you
are finding the two JPGs and no NEF. Is that correct?

Are you using a program to transfer the picts to your computer?
If so, what program?

I am suspicious that the problem may be caused by software, not by
the camera itself.

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Change the camera's transfer mode to from "PTP" to "Mass storage" (or is it the other way around? ;)). Better still, get a card reader.
 
Thanks for this suggestion, which I'll try, and report back. It's when I look at the camera in "My Computer" that I'm seeing the 2 small JPGs on the camera (i.e. before downloading them). But, when I look at the file information on the camera's screen, it says that the pics are "RAW + Basic".
 
No, you're just seeing what Windows is telling you. Windows doesn't understand what a NEF file is but it can see the JPEG that is embedded in it (even if you just shoot raw, a full-size JPEG will be embedded in the file), and it is showing you that instead.

Change the camera's USB mode to "mass storage".
Dave H said:
Thanks for this suggestion, which I'll try, and report back. It's
when I look at the camera in "My Computer" that I'm seeing the 2
small JPGs on the camera (i.e. before downloading them). But,
when I look at the file information on the camera's screen, it says
that the pics are "RAW + Basic".
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I think you should download the latest version of the software or try Capture NX.

I once had a problem opening NEF files. Got some error message saying the file format was not compatible with the supplied software.

I posted a thread, and one use suggested upgrading the software to the latest version or try using the latest version of Capture NX.
And it worked!

Hope this helps.

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Thanks in advance for your replies.

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