>Maybe the transfer was interrupted in midstream possibly by the camera >inadvertently being turned off or the card removed? Andy I think that is highly unlikely. Reading something at: http://www.digitalsecrets.net/secrets/NikonD70.html <QUOTE> Want RAW images at a reasonable price? Price in this case means storage space. Nikon's NEF format goes an extra step beyond typical RAW. It's a "lossless" compressed RAW format so the lightly compressed data contents of the 12-bit pixel data lifted from the image chip won't take up the expected 9+ megabytes it could have. Typical NEF images store at about 5.x megabytes. They don't work faster in Photoshop, but they do take up a lot less room on your CF card. With the D70's NEF file, every pixel is stored not at 12-bit's 4096 levels of differentiation but at a numerical equivalent of between 9-bit (512 integer) and 10-bit (1024 integer) numerical resolution. It's a compromise all the way around, but visually, it looks no different than results from hard-core 12-bit images and delivers superior results along with higher ceiling highlights, deeper shadow detail and virtually none of the rare pattern-coincidence moiré sometimes seen in JPEG shots. <END QUOTE> The NEF file from the D70 is apparently encrypted: that most likely means if you screw up the sequence of bytes you end up with ZERO usable rather than part of an image. Out of curiousity I downloaded the NEF file and a copy (free) of DCRAW.EXE (Windows or Mac) Precompiled binaries downloaded from: http://www.insflug.org/raw/software/tools/dcraw.php3 Looking at the extracted "RAW" (hahahahah) image there seems to be a problem with green sensor data: they form a grid of uniform value (which probably explains the overall magenta cast). If you really wanted a monochrome image it might not be that difficult to fudge one together (averaging the red and blue pixels and filling in the gaps). Grrr ... the public wants RAW: redefine raw then give the public what they want. Bob -- Whatever you Wanadoo: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/time/ This email has been checked for most known viruses - find out more at: http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/id/7098.htm
