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v2010.120     04/15/10     

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v2010.120 adds support for the new Nikon "NRW" raw photo format.

Mike

Apologies if this is the wrong spot for my post, but I am using v2010.120 so here goes...

I am running FP on a reasonable rig - quad core i7 920 cpu with 6GB triple channel ram and 1TB Raid 10 disks. The OS is W7 Pro 64bit. Inspite of this when FP starts copying, I can't even move its window!

I would also like to have a PAUSE and an ABORT button.
A way of setting priority.
Manually choose ANY source folder

Plus it seems to not register my Sony Digicam as a file source, but sometimes picks up my C: drive Pictures folder (as source!). This happens if the digicam is usb connecting its hard drive. If it is connecting its flash memory then FP recognises it.

Thanks for a great tool, never the less. I use it after every shoot.

Hi Mike,

I'm having a little problem with the file renaming. Im using the ?c_?2?m?d_?h?n?s file mask and every so often there is a discrepancy with the seconds in the file name.  Sometimes the seconds are off by up to 2.  This seems to happen around where I may have a burst shot that occurs in the same second, but the effect seems to carry over for a few shots.  Any ideas?    Actually it appears that I have many shots that are off by 1 second when compared to the file name.  Could this be a rounding error specific to my camera?   I'm using a Sony A330.

-RA

Hi RA,
Why don't you use ?# (numeric part of camera file name) in the new file name then you should get the true sequence? A burst sequence of several images within 1 second will not be resolved by Windows and that's where the problem lies. There was some discussion of this  a week or two back in relation to sorting by date in Qimage.
Using the camera number should be reliable to get images in sequence as I understand it.
Terry