
You original RAW file is never modified inany way whtsoever, and you can see the original conversion at any time (without your adjusgtments) using the Show Original command. Also, is there a reaosn you are creating a JPEG before you start? This is an unnecessary extra step. The camera's sample is fine to look at, but as soon as you want to process it yourself with any other program, you have to accept that program is going to create its own conversion that won't necessarily match the camera's exactly. All you can see are different conversions. If you shoot RAW, you have to not think in terms of actually seeing the RAW file. Often it's close enough you don't notice, but especially if you have some special camera options that the in-camera sample conversion pays attention to but ACDSee doesn't, you might notice a difference. The conversion produced by ACDSee 9or any other third party program) will pretyt much never be an exact match for the sample conversion created by the camera. For files you have not explicitly processed in ACDSee, you are seeing a quick-and-dirty sample conversion provided by the camera. For files you have explicitly processed in ACDSee, then you will see ACDSee's own conversion. When you view a rAW file, you do not ever see the raw data itself - you are seeing a conversion of that file to JPEG (or a similar format).

However, when Nikon manufactured the Fujifilm bodies, the sensors were taken out from Fuji engineers before a malfunctioning body would make it's way to Nikon repair - I really don't see the point of such a procedure.Sounds like maybe you are a bit unclear on what RAW is. Sony, Aptina, Toshiba can't manufacture without specs and Nikon doesn't do any extra hardware magic to it.
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Just no one offers face recognition except Lightroom and as far as I know adobe it will be a bad copy of what Aperture still can do.īut I still don't think Nikon knows best how to get the maximum out of their sensors, at least not better than their manufacturers. Now, that I have and need Sigma's converter for their Foveon sensors I need to take a closer look to the standalone asset management systems like photomechanic. If I could have Aperture's interface and workflow and a state of the art RAW-converter, I'd be happy to make the switch. Plus, Apple is usually in the last in line when it comes to new cameras - every other RAW converter is usually quicker up to date. Capture One is also okay bit the rest is more or less some kind of user interface around the algorithms and not too much thought about the whole process. Which goes as well for Lightroom if one is used to that one. So it might be valid for you to say "the best RAW converter is made by Nikon" (actually the guys of Silkypix are coding it), but I am often looking at others and still returning to Aperture because to me it's the most convenient. I don't care much about "as close as possible to what the engineers were told to do so" but I do care about as close as much to my desired result. The bets result is, what I like and what I intended to see when I was taking the photo. Alright, one could say their camera interfaces are also pretty complicated…ģ.
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Software is not only about the result, it's also about usability and workflow. Nikon is not making "their own sensors", Sony and Toshiba are - so those companies should be in charge if this logic would be valid.Ģ.

My second would be RAWTherapee, as it supports the Adobe lens profiles.īecause Texaco understands their own fuel best, they are making the best cars for it… It has all of the proprietary Nikon goodness built in, and they understand their own sensors better than anyone else. The best RAW converter for Nikon cameras is NX-D.
