The interface is a definite improvement on Nikon Capture. The browser is long overdue. Speed seems faster, and noise reduction is much faster though it is still not fast.
There are serious bugs/failings, and to my eyes this is a beta. For example, I have to change my taskbar settings in order for the program to be useable, otherwise dialogs are partially obscured. The curves display is far too small to be useable. That is very serious and means that Photoshop is still in business. They have fixed an irritating aspect of NC, namely saving a file to the last saved to folder, rather than the current file's folder. Control points are intriguing though 10 minutes playing has not convinced me that they are useful for the pictures I take.
Incidentally, thus far NC and NX are co-existing happily, contrary to Nikon's warnings that the fabric of space and time will collapse if you install both on the same platform.
I'm far from convinced that it is worth upgrading and I am not happy that they want to charge me ~£80 (or whatever) to upgrade when my copy of NC is only 18 months old.
Leif
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