The time it took to open, save and batch process RAW photos as Excellent Quality JPEGs was tested in Nikon Capture 4.

All results are in seconds. Single photo processing times are rounded to the nearest 0.1 of a second; batch processing times are rounded to the nearest full second. The fastest times for each task are in bold.

Task	Dell Precision 450 Dual Xeon 3.06GHz w/2GB RAM, WinXP Pro (seconds)	Apple Power Mac G5/2.0GHz Dual w/2GB RAM, OS X 10.3.2 (seconds)	Dell Precision 360 P4 3.2GHz w/2GB RAM, WinXP Pro (seconds)	Apple Power Mac G5/1.8GHz w/2GB RAM, OS X 10.3.2 (seconds)
Open 1 D1X NEF photo	2.7	3.5	3.3	4.3
Save 1 D1X NEF photo as a JPEG	3.3	4.0	3.6	4.7
Convert 25 D1X NEF photos to JPEG using Batch	96	152	95	175
Convert 25 D1X NEF photos to JPEG using Batch (10MP output size)	118	202	115	230
Open 1 D2H NEF photo	2.3	3.1	2.5	3.7
Save 1 D2H NEF photo as a JPEG	1.7	2.7	2.1	3.1
Convert 25 D2H NEF photos to JPEG using Batch	66	128	67	147
Open 1 D100 NEF photo	3.4	4.3	4.2	5.3
Save 1 D100 NEF photo as a JPEG	3.8	6.8	5.0	7.8
Convert 25 D100 NEF photos to JPEG using Batch	96	206	119	248

Testing Notes: Sharpening and noise reduction were switched off. All NEFs were uncompressed. Output size for D1X files was 6MP, unless otherwise noted.