On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:02 PM, Adam Maas wrote: >> Move to LR2 and you'll need PS CS3 less and less ... >> > As good as LR is, if you shoot one of the new Nikons it's just about > impossible to beat Capture NX2 for quality. There's a lot of extra > goodies in the D700 (like Picture Controls and the automated CA > removal) that can only be taken advantage of in RAW when used with > NX2. And NX2 does selective editing much better than just about > anything else thanks to Nik Software's Control Point technology.
I'm generally uninterested in one-manufacturer-only software... NX2 might be nice and do a good job. But with 230,000+ photos from a wide range of cameras in my working archive, it's just not practical to have specific software for each make and exploit it appropriately. > The downside is NX2 is a little slow due to how it renders edits (it > re-renders the RAW file rather than adjusting the previous render) and > it doesn't offer LR's file management capabilities. Without file management capabilities, it's of no use to me at all any more. I've yet to find anything in any one-manufacturer-only software package that I can't achieve with LR aside from specialized effects that are not of any particular interest to me. It might take more work, but the difference is purely a matter of degree and experience in use. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
