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Had some spare time today, and decided to play with my Kodak NC 2000e (the "Associated Press camera"). I've used it before, and as far as I could remember, I didn't have any problems making it work.

Tried one PCMCIA memory card after another. None of them worked. Tried a few CF cards in a PCMCIA adapter. Didn't work. Read my own DCS420 article, and realized there was one more card I hadn't tried. I went looking, and finally found it in a Nikon E2.

For future reference, here are the cards that did NOT work:

Nikon EC-15 (15MB)
Fujifilm HG-10 (10MB)
Smart Modular Technologies (?) ATA PC Card (130MB, IIRC)

And the one that DID WORK:

IBM Solid State File (40MB)
P/N 40G3165
Dated May 1995

I'm not 100% sure, but I think this is the only card that's working with all the cameras I've tested. The card originally came with my E2N. The IBM card is the one that's labeled IBM (!):



For more info on the NC 2000, check out the article on robgalbraith.com.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that you'll find the various DCS/NC error codes in this thread:
http://www.nikonweb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1298

Jarle

Bought a very battered 2000e the other day, so might need this info. Haven't even got it powered up yet as the battery seems completely dead. Are the images better than the 420?

Oh, and how can you tell (without using it) if it is colour or mono? The 4xx series have a letter after the model, but not the 2000. The one I got isn't IR as I can see the hot mirror on the sensor.

Jonathan

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EOS-1D Mk I & II, EOS*DCS-3 & 5, DCS, DCS-200ci, 420, 460, D1, D1H & X, D2H, E2, F, F2, F3, F4, RD-175, EF 50mm f/1.0, Audi S2, Porsche 911, GSX-R1000 K9

One thing you might find interesting is to try the NC2000 or 2000e with a near-cutoff IR filter like an R72. Unlike the DCS420, which seems to have horrible problems with internal reflections, the NC series (and the DCS410 and 200) work much better, producing reasonable photos. Because the 2000 series have better high-ISO performance, they can be quite fun to shoot in near-IR.

Comment on batteries--now that I have a few old DSLRs, trying to keep batteries maintained is getting to be a burden; just trying to remember to charge everything periodically is a pain, and the Kodaks in particular run their batteries down at different rates. At least the Nikons can be left without batteries, and the batteries just charged periodically. Wish they were all like the DCS200 and used AAs.

Cheers,
Ross

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Ross Alford
http://www.pbase.com/northqueenslandphotos

As far as I know, the NC2000/NC2000e are all RGB - there's no monochrome version.

Jarle