D5000Hack Program
Updated 2010-11-18 by Bill Claff
D5000Hack is a Microsoft Windows console executable. It can be used at a “DOS prompt”.
This program is provided “as is” with no expressed or implied warranties.
You may distribute the program provided that it is not modified and that no fee is charged.
Older software will open D300 files but not D5000 files.
Simply changing the model in the Nef file allows D5000 users to use older software.
Because of certain differences between D5000 and D300
files, D5000Hack works properly with Nikon NX
but may not with Adobe DNG Converter or Adobe CS3.
Other software is untested but I expect in general for Nikon to work and Adobe to not work.
You can report your success or failure to me.
The program takes either one or two parameters.
The first parameter is a filename. This must be a .Nef file.
You may use wildcards but the Nef file extension must be present.
The second parameter is an option.
D300 indicates changing the model from D5000 to D300.
D5000 indicates changing the model from D300 to D5000. (Only for a file that was originally D5000.)
If the second parameter is omitted the model is flipped between D5000 and D300.
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D5000Hack
TEST.NEF D300
If the model is D5000it is changed to D300.
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D5000Hack
TEST.NEF D5000
If the model is D300 it is changed to D5000.
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D5000Hack *.NEF
Processes each Nef file in the current directory.
If the model is D5000it is changed to D300. If the model is D300 it is changed to D5000.
· The model name is changed “in place”.
· The date and time of the file are unaffected.
· You get positive confirmation on success, nothing on failure.
These instructions assume that you have placed D5000Hack in a folder that is on your path.
To find such a folder enter Path at the DOS prompt.
The file cannot be open elsewhere.