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deffo worth the money
its fast and easy to use
make CS etc look like a steam engine
Well I suggest trying it against the freebie (unlimited "trial" version) RawShooter to see if Capture 1 is actually worth paying money for.
I have found RS very easy to use - even without looking at the 72-page PDF manual. And I'm hardly a No. 1 fan of RAW!! 
I'd go with CB on this one - try RawShooter. I've been using Capture 1 Pro v3.6 for a while and it is very good. But Rawshooter is a free unlimited trial, with all the features and then some - and it's VERY easy to use with some very cool bits in it. Try it, you've got nothing to lose.
If you're shooting with a Canon, then try DPP v1.5 - while not as slick and easy to use as the other two mentioned, it does have its plus points, particularly if you use a Canon printer as well...
Dave
ps Keith, have you tried this RawShooter software yet? If so, any thoughts?
Try RawShooter. I think it's very good. I can only compare it to Nikon Capture 4 (30 day trial), which I didn't like very much. If you dont't like RawShooter, you've lost nothing, it's free afterall. Please check that your system meets the requirements, it does appear to be rather system fussy.
thanks everybody for that, have tryed to download the rawshooter, but all i get is pdf file that does not open and the programme, does open but it blank, and there is no chance of opening any folders, i use a minolta 7d, mabe thats a problem, i dont know, any ideas,thanks again.....mike.
Sorry to hear that Mike. Not sure how you got a PDF file. May sound stupid, but you are sure you clicked the "Download" button on the right of the page and not one of the four PDF files at the bottom. After you click this button they email a link to you that takes you to the download page. I've taken a look at the cameras that RSE supports and the MInolta Maxxum 7D is there,so that shouldn't be a problem. Have you checked the system requirements, that's one of the PDF files at the bottom of the page.
Steve
well i thought i would look at a few things on my computer, and this is what i have found i wounder if this gives any clues to why it wont work
2.07 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A7N8X-LA Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 3.07 03/27/2003
Drives Memory Modules c,d
81.94 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
45.92 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
HP DVD Writer 300n [CD-ROM drive]
JLMS XJ-HD166S [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
Maxtor 6Y080L0 [Hard drive] (81.96 GB) -- drive 0, s/n Y3J8DAEE, rev YAR41VW0, SMART Status: Healthy
I think it aint gonna work on your PC http://forum.pixmantec.com/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/48/an/0/page/0#48 sorry about the long url, haven't sussed the "click here" function on this site.
quote from their forum:
"* No Windows 2000 support
* No Athlon or Athlon XP support (Black images)
* Nikon D2H NEFs saved in NC wont open
* Nikon D70: ISO EXIF missing from output
* Files that resides on CF cards cant be edited
* Some DNG files shows spurious colors (dark areas turning into blocks of bright red/blue)
* Problems reading Minolta A1 and some Minolta D7 files
* Problems reading Pentax Ist*DS files
We will deal with (fix) as many of these issues as possible in the update that will follow shortly. The update will be 100% FREE as well."
Maybe someone can tell me how to "Click Here"
Athlon XP is the problem. They are promising a free download of the modified programme to resolve this, so its worth getting the free download now. You have to register to get it and they say that means you automatically get the mod. (I've done it, it gives me a chance to play with the system so I'm ready when its sorted 
Brian
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