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Panopeeper
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As I have been exposed anyway as one, who are analyzing images intently, I looked at the image in question once more. Turned out, that my previous analysis was not intent enough , I have not compared the Brumbaer's and eXposure versions, except for that artificial banding.Brumbaer and eXposure do nothing else then converting and interpolating a RAW image, with applying the CCD's reference files or applying a white shading (if wished), like ANY other back manufacturer are doing (if/when converting to DNG).
Now I took a second look and found, that Brumbaer's carried out a relatively strong noise removal. Although this may reflect the wish of the photographer, it is not something, which is part of everyday's DNG conversion. Furthermore, my form opinion is, that the photographers should be aware (or made aware) of the implicite adjustments the software is doing to their images.