[quote=Stephen] You cannot say from this test that NC is better than RSE.
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Stephen,
May be my fault re NC and Nikon. It relates to the converted image in comparison to the adjusted RAW. The NC version when placed side by side with the RAW shows almost no difference in lightness/tone. To acheive the same result with the RSE would have required a tweak or two. The amount of adjustment would be as you can see from the comparison.
As a converter I am not saying that NC is better than RSE in any other respect. As I mentioned RSE is very fast by comparison and has far more tools to allow for image adjustment. It would take a lot more use of the program to establish a better one. Anyway that may not be strictly a fair test as my version of NC is from 2002 and RSE is 2005.
I will use RSE with its advantages to play with the various adjustments - good for the learning curve.
[ Quote : I hope I'm not misunderstanding your comment 'if you retain the file in Raw format' This should always be retained, its your neg. ]
Once again I may not have put this as clearly as I might. I was not suggesting that after a conversion to JPG, if you made one, you bin the RAW.
Don
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