Poll: What conversion software do you use?

[arash_hazeghi]

What's your favorite RAW conversion tool, if use more than one pick all.

[Jill Davis]

CNX2 replicates color better than ACR for me. too bad it's so clunky (slow) because it's a great program. cant wait til they update it. hoping for more speed.

[Lance Peters]

NX2 - only thing that reads Nikon in camera settings.
Its not the greatest piece of software but does give much better results - IMHO

[Mike Moats]

Can't vote, I only shoot JPEGs:D

[David Stephens]

I'm in the "Other" category, using DxO's Optics Pro.

[Alfred Forns]

Can't vote, I only shoot JPEGs:D

...your brutal Mike :D

Voted ACR since I use LR !

[Bill Jobes]

I agree with Lance ... NX2 is the way to go with Nikon NEF files.

[arash_hazeghi]

Can't vote, I only shoot JPEGs:D

Sorry Mike I never thought someone on this site would use JPEG, I think you can still select "other" because the camera is doing the conversion for you ;)

[arash_hazeghi]

NX2 - only thing that reads Nikon in camera settings.
Its not the greatest piece of software but does give much better results - IMHO

It sure does Lance, no doubt about that. Speed wise it doesn't run well on Macs, the newest 2.2 runs fast on Windows...

[William Malacarne]

Arash

Are you including Lightroom with ACR or is it an other? I can agree they are the same engine but they act differently.

Bill

[arash_hazeghi]

Arash

Are you including Lightroom with ACR or is it an other? I can agree they are the same engine but they act differently.

Bill

yup. same choice.

[James Shadle]

I agree with Lance ... NX2 is the way to go with Nikon NEF files.
Ditto!!

[Ed Cordes]

I use the ACR found in Lightroom.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Lightroom.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Van Hilliard]

I use ACR primarily now. Until a couple of years ago, I used Nikon Capture for NEFs because ACR did a lousy job of maintaining the brilliance of the reds in Nikon files, especially those from my former workhorse, the D2X in Mode III. ACR is much better now. For Canon, I use ACR for most of my files but occasionally go to DPP if I'm not satisfied with the conversion.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Greetings. LR for previewing/selection (since it coverts for catalog previews), but NX2 is far superior (IMO) for conversion (lousy at DAM though). With my workflow (LR cataloging/previewing, NX2 selected conversions) I'm constantly comparing the two (while LR has improved, it's not improved enough for my tastes for conversion, though I've not tried LR3).

BTW, the NX2 facility to create custom Picture Controls (the curve that is used for conversion) is really quite something (though the ui is a bit clunky). It's worth a look even if just to understand what Picture Controls are doing (uh, it might be just for those who are really into processing... it's hard for me to tell ;) )

Cheers,

-Yamo-

[arash_hazeghi]

Thanks for input, would be nice to get 100 responses.

[Harshad Barve]

Capture NX2 for Nikon files and ACR for canon files

[arash_hazeghi]

thanks everybidy more feedback appriciated

[John Ippolito]

NX2 for me. A bit slow, but does a great conversion for Nikon NEF files.

[Ian Cassell]

I found this link after a discussion on another thread. I've been using ACR -> LR3 to catalog my images and then do most PP in CS5/Noiseware Pro. Is there a way to automate the RAW output from DPP directly to LR3 and bypass ACR?

[arash_hazeghi]

I found this link after a discussion on another thread. I've been using ACR -> LR3 to catalog my images and then do most PP in CS5/Noiseware Pro. Is there a way to automate the RAW output from DPP directly to LR3 and bypass ACR?

see my reply in ETL.

[Dan Brown]

ACR currently but just ordered NX2 and am anxious to compare the two

[Jeff Cashdollar]

LRII

[kostas nianiopoulos]

Adobe raw camera 6 , it came with the PS CS5 in , from all these programs u talk above i know only the light room , i have it but is a bit easyer to use the adobe camera raw , as i used of it , im still new in this format any way .

[Grant Eldridge]

I have up until recently used NX2 for all my conversions, it does a such a good job right out of the gate I find it much faster to make edits to an image to get it where I want. But because it is such a bad piece of programming (crashes and awful UI) I have recently (last week) started playing with Lightroom 3. Not bad but I have a lot to learn before I can make a final conclusion.

[allanrube]

NX2 for Nikon files. We Nikon users do it because it is the best - as it is so slow to use. Wish a NX3 were on the horizon.

[Marc Mol]

Agree with Alan, that NX2 is the best for Nikon users, but I mostly find myself going back to ACR.
If only NX2 and it's UI was as quick and user friendly

[Jon Saperia]

NX2 for me for all the reasons already listed. I have found a way around the crashes after about two years of use. I hope they do a native Mac implementation for NX3 and that it is sometime soon though I have no idea when it will come out.