NAM1 Adapter Problem

[coyot]

Dirk,

Thanks for asking. Unfortunately, I was never able to make it work with the ND (the nam-1 adapter). No problems with the N1. I tried to contact TOCAD about the problem, no less than 4 times. I left messagages, but never had a response. This really depressed me. How can Kyocera have sold (for thousands of dollars) professional equipment, and then have no after sale support? How can I continue to invest in Contax equipment, knowing that if a camera fails, there may be no repair facility? This has really depressed me. Obviously, no other manufacturer is stepping up to the plate to continue the brand. In my mind, the Contax system is dead. Another technological marvel that has died and gone to heaven. I am going to purchase as a stop gap measure the Olympus Evolt-500 when it comes out.

Michael.

 

[dirk]

Hi Michael,

sorry to hear your bad experience with Tocad. I heard it from several sources that there seems to be a problem with the combination ND and NAM-1. I use a NAM-1 myself withnthe N1 and had no problems. Never got the chance to test it on a ND.

You can try to make a call into the UK next week. Browse

http://www.alphadigitalservices.co.uk/

And ask for Frazer Allen. Tell him that you are coming from Contaxinfo.com and I sent you. Maybe he can help better, if there is at all a solution for this...

 

[coyot]

Dirk,

Thanks for the info.

michael.

 

[dirk]

Hi Michael,

I have gotten an e-mail from Frazer. He will be difficult to reach also next week. This week he is out of the office.

He told me that there was a modification about 4 years ago. I will follow up on this within the next weeks and report back here, as soon as I have new information...

Please wait before buying the Olympus E-500 or keep at least you ND. I am seduced more and more to the ND and it would be great if Marc, Irakly, DJ et alii could share here with us the newest
Contax ND Raw file workflow know-how with all those "dirty" tricks to get most out of an ND.

I have to check, but I thought that I buid here in the forum years ago a section especially for the ND workflow- But this is a long time ago and new software is available, so we a have a totally new situation here.

I read somewhere here in the forum that the new Photoshop CS2 would help the ND also a lot with Noise reduction of te RAW files. We have to check all that. Marc said once, that Irakly is the "master" in ND Raw file optimization. We have so many ND users here, who can help each other easily, this will be fun...

 

[djg]

Dirk,

I remember posting an ND workflow post a long time ago - I did think you had opened up a workflow section but can't find it. Maybe it was to some other thread? I guess it's time for a new workflow section

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[dirk]

Hi DJ,

yes, it will be defintely somewhere here in the forum. I just started to read again the old ND postings, starting from 2002. That are hundreds of commenst. It will take a few hours to scan through all of them.

I will try to make some summaries of these old and long threads, so that it will be easier for new users to get an overview what is as of now the pro and cons of all ND-related features & workflows. Similar to what I started with the battery issue..

For the N Digital workflow, I guess we have to update this with the newest software versions and third party products. Ther has been so much improvement obviously with Photoshop CS2 et alii...

There is such an impressive know-how already there from Marc, Irkaly, you and many others about the ND. It is just a joy to read all that in restroperspective

 

[djg]

Dirk,

It's funny sometimes to read some of the really old posts - it's like, did I really say that???

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