Transferring Your Images To Your Computer - Nikon D300 Complete Manual

great for is creating Halloween ghost pictures. Try it next
Halloween when you take pictures of your kids in costume!
(What makes me think some wedding photographer is going
to pull all of the above on some unsuspecting bride?
Tip: Shot NEF but need a quick TIFF of the image? Shoot
another NEF with the lens cap on to get a fully black image,
set the camera to TIFF, then use Image overlay to create
your TIFF. Use a gain of 1.0 for the original shot and 0.1 for
the black lens cap shot. Same trick works for JPEG, too.

Transferring Your Images to Your Computer

Images are stored in your D300 on a CompactFlash card. You
can get those images off the card into your computer in three
basic ways:
1. Connect the camera to a computer via cable.
2. Remove the card from the camera and put it into a
card reader slot or attached device to your computer.
3. Remove the card from the camera, put it into a
portable storage device such as the Coolwalker or
Epson P-5000 and transfer the images. Later, connect
the portable storage device to your computer and
transfer the images from it to one of your hard drives.
Methods #1 and #2 are the most commonly used transfer
mechanisms. I usually recommend #2. First, if you're shooting
a lot of images, you probably have multiple cards you want to
transfer. Second, I worry a bit more about wearing out or
damaging the rubber gasket and USB connector on the D300
than I do the card slot. Third, batteries get consumed quickly
when you use the camera for direct transfers. Finally, I think
that the less you have to handle the camera, the longer that
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Okay, they will, guaranteed. At one of my workshops in the ghost town of Bodie,
we ran into a wedding there (turns out you can rent the church for such occasions for
US$500, in case you're interested). I won't describe all the crazy shots the
photographer was taking, but let's just say that she was way beyond creative.
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