Capture NX2
Steen, thank you very much for sharing your NEF files with us!!
And thank you very much to you, Y Sol, for sharing your Capture NX2 conversions with us.
They look
very good, and I'm not surprised, Capture NX has always been my favorite NEF converter.
I'm fine with its user interface and its somewhat slow speed.
My personal decision hierarchy is
(1) to choose the optics I would like to use
(2) find an appropriate camera to drive those optics
(3) and then use the best converter for the RAW files
For me the converter is just a piece of software that I can get used to with some practice, though of course some programs take more practice than others.
I'm aware that some photographers use the totally opposite decision hierarchy.
They start with their favorite software, then choose a camera hoping its processor works well with the software, and finally buy some lenses for that camera.
And in case the camera processor does
not work well with their favorite RAW converter, then they change camera system rather than software system.
My old Capture NX doesn't read the D800 files and I'll wait to see if I go for the D800E before I make the separate NX2 upgrade.
If I buy the D800E then I get NX2 included along with the camera.
But here in Denmark I'll have to add 1076 USD (which equals 807 EUR) to the price to get the E version over the standard D800, just to get rid of the AA filtration.
I find that price difference
too absurd, and that may very well keep me from jumping to the E version, though it's the one I'd prefer.
If I end up keeping my standard D800, I'll definitely buy the Capture NX2 software upgrade separately.
Again, thanks for sharing, Y Sol, very useful illustrations for me.