Opening *.NEF in Photoshop CS2 from Nikon Capture 4.3

I'm a newbie and my workflow for converting RAW (.NEF) files from my D70 involves opening and editing my files first in Nikon Capture 4.3 and then transferring them over to Adobe Photoshop CS2 for final cropping, sizing and editing. I'm not yet very comfortable doing ALL my work in Photoshop CS2 and like how my shots intially look when I open them up in Nikon Capture. The Nikon Raw Plug-in of course replaced the Camera Raw Plug-in when I installed Nikon Capture on my computer. The "Options" setting in Nikon Capture is set for "Transfers 16 bit data when possible" with regard to the "open with Photoshop Quick Tools button."
For some reason however, transferring the shot from Nikon Capture to Photoshop CS2 for final editing transfers the shot in 8 bit mode instead of 16 bits. I'd prefer to continue working in Photoshop with the full 16 bit shot so as to not degrade it for final editing. Does anyone know how the transfer the .NEFs into Photoshop CS2 from Nikon Capture in 16 bit quality (with the Nikon Raw Plug-in installed in Photoshop)? Thanks for any suggestions.

Hello,

* 7/11/2005 2:07 PM :

The Nikon Raw Plug-in of course replaced the Camera Raw Plug-in when I installed Nikon Capture on my computer. The "Options" setting in Nikon Capture is set for "Transfers 16 bit data when possible" with regard to the "open with Photoshop Quick Tools button."

if you want to change this, you can - you just need to remove the NEF plugin (I forget what the name is now) in Adobe's plugin folder. Probably back it up just in case first.

For some reason however, transferring the shot from Nikon Capture to Photoshop CS2 for final editing transfers the shot in 8 bit mode instead of 16 bits. I'd prefer to continue working in Photoshop with the full 16 bit shot so as to not degrade it for final editing. Does anyone know how the transfer the .NEFs into Photoshop CS2 from Nikon Capture in 16 bit quality (with the Nikon Raw Plug-in installed in Photoshop)? Thanks for any suggestions.

I don't know what's going on, but in case nobody here will reply, try your luck on dpreview.com forums. In particular, Nikon Talk or PC Tools Talk.

hth,

-denis