NX2 and LR again
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#1. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 0
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 06:46 AM>I've tried to obtain the same image from these two by
>equalising the settings as far as possible, yet the results
>are very noticeably different.
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>Colour temperature the same
>Tint the same
>Exposure the same
>Camera calibration the same
>Colour space the same
>All NR and sharpening off.
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>This seems to suggest that zero points in the two apps are
>arbitrarily different. Is this so?
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> This is only curiosity: I've been happily aware of the
>difference, selecting the appropriate app for the particular
>image - but I'd like to know what's going on.)
In LR, you need to use the Camera Standard preset to make it match the camera.
Setting the controls all the same will not get the same results, because there's no way to set the tone curve right in LR unless you know exactly what the tone 0 settings are in the camera. Tone at 0 in the camera is not the same thing as tone curve linear in LR.
The same applies for Saturation and Clarity and sharpening. The zeros are not the same as the defaults in the camera.
The LR engineers have adjusted the Camera Standard Preset to match all the camera defaults as closely as possible. It's still not perfect, but it is close.
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#2. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 1
Yes, I have applied the camera standard preset. And thank you for answering the zero question. There are times when I want to see something as close to the original pixels as possible, and it can be frustrating when it's not possible to find anything else to switch off. That's when I go back to NX - I trust it to give me the flattest possible starting point.-
#3. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 2
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 07:39 AM>Yes, I have applied the camera standard preset. And thank you
>for answering the zero question. There are times when I want
>to see something as close to the original pixels as possible,
>and it can be frustrating when it's not possible to find
>anything else to switch off. That's when I go back to NX - I
>trust it to give me the flattest possible starting point.
When working with raw images, the original pixels are never changed no matter what you do, so the starting point is completely arbitrary.
Consequently, I consider the LR Camera Standard Preset as the 'flattest' possible starting point.
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#4. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 3
The pixels aren't changed under the bonnet, but, as you've pointed out, they are by the time we see them. It's the relationships between the pixels that make the image and, the closer the out-of-camera file is to the image I wanted, the more I want to see the unadorned pixels. -
#5. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 3
b2martin_a Registered since 10th Jan 2007Tue 26-Jan-10 08:51 AMI use Adobe Camera RAW (ACR) in Photoshop CS4 to process NEF files. I selected 45 NEF files from two years of images and processed them using Capture NX2 with all camera settings at nominal, and with ACR with all settings at their normal values for each picture control profile (8 camera profiles total for each image). I used the "as shot" white balance for all images. I renamed the images so the NX and ACR version of the same image we next to each other in the folder - one folder for each camera profile. I then viewed the images in a slide show, which allowed me to see the differences in the NX vs the ACR processed images when the slide show switched from NX to ACR processed image. You have to look very close to see a difference in most images. I think Adobe did an excellent job creating the camera profiles.Visit my Nikonians gallery.
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#6. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 5
I'm looking at some images of small waterfalls at the moment, captured so that the individual droplets which escape the main body have just enough time to register a short amount of their path. Because of their internal reflections they become lines of pure white (or blow-out). When looked at at 400% the LR versions have clearly-visible blue and red fringing, while the NX2 versions do not show this. Although this actual difference isn't visible at normal resolution, there is some subtle but indefinable perceptual difference, presumably brought on by this factor amongst others. I'm curious to know whether NX is removing the fringing or whether LR is adding it.-
#7. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 6
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 10:20 AM>I'm looking at some images of small waterfalls at the moment,
>captured so that the individual droplets which escape the main
>body have just enough time to register a short amount of their
>path. Because of their internal reflections they become lines
>of pure white (or blow-out). When looked at at 400% the LR
>versions have clearly-visible blue and red fringing, while the
>NX2 versions do not show this. Although this actual difference
>isn't visible at normal resolution, there is some subtle but
>indefinable perceptual difference, presumably brought on by
>this factor amongst others. I'm curious to know whether NX is
>removing the fringing or whether LR is adding it.
I don't know (I've never seen this), but it could be light refraction into a spectrum that is being resolved by the LR ACR raw decoder and not by the Nikon raw decoder.
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#8. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 7
>I don't know (I've never seen this), but it could be light
>refraction into a spectrum that is being resolved by the LR
>ACR raw decoder and not by the Nikon raw decoder.
Russ,
Oh sure. LR ACR is seeing more detail than Capture NX 2 using Nikon's own RAW decoder.
We all know you love Adobe products by now. But lets not go overboard on it, okay?
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#12. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 8
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 11:24 AM>Oh sure. LR ACR is seeing more detail than Capture NX 2 using
>Nikon's own RAW decoder.
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>We all know you love Adobe products by now. But lets not go
>overboard on it, okay?
Thank you very much for that very thoughtful post, Scott.
You added an enormous amount to this thread.
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#13. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 12
Russ,
Your sarcasm is quite appreciated!
By the way, is it possible that Capture NX 2 is applying some aberration correction that has not been turned off in the "Camera and Lens Corrections" section of the "Quick Fix"?
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#14. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 13
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 02:15 PM>is it possible that Capture NX 2 is applying some
>aberration correction that has not been turned off in the
>"Camera and Lens Corrections" section of the
>"Quick Fix"?
>Scott
That's a possibility, but the OP said he had zeroed out everything.
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#15. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 14
Except that "aberration correction" was not in the list of things he said he turned off.
Nick, did your turn off the "Camera and Lens Corrections" section in the "Quick Fix" area?
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#16. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 15
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#17. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 16
Nick,
Based on that, I would suggest that this is an example of Capture NX 2 doing a better job of decoding the Nikon RAW file than Lightroom 2 with ACR.
Scott
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#10. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 9
Arkayem Charter MemberTue 26-Jan-10 10:57 AM | edited Tue 26-Jan-10 11:10 AM by Arkayem>I was wondering about that -how could it be that a
>general-purpose decoder does a better job than one which has
>more original data to work with?
I don't know. I've always believed the Nikon raw decoder to be the best there is, and I've never had any reason to doubt that. I've always used ACR with the idea that it was very very close but not quite as good as the Nikon decoder.
It would be interesting to use another 3rd party decoder on the same image and see if the color aberrations are there with it.
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#11. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 10
>It would be interesting to use another 3rd party decoder on
>the same image and see if the color aberrations are there with
>it.
Unfortunately, I've only got those two on this machine - excepting iPhoto. When I get the opportunity, I'll try it with another one.-
#18. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 11
Baaker Registered since 18th Aug 2009Fri 29-Jan-10 05:58 AMIt is well known that Nikon will do a better job of rendering their files. After all it is their product. The bottom line is does it matter whether there is a difference? This pixel peeping is futile. Zeroing into 400% is simply taking things too far. Choose which you prefer as to rendering and be happy!
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#21. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 18
(I've been away, so am only just returning to this)
Yes, it does matter if there's a difference. Not because one is right and one is wrong, but because I'm looking for a particular result, and it would appear that the two apps are approaching my pixels from a different direction. If you really think that going into 400% is futile, then you don't have the same interest in your material that I do.
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#36. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 21
Baaker Registered since 18th Aug 2009Tue 16-Feb-10 03:45 AM> I've been away, so am only just returning to this)
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>Yes, it does matter if there's a difference. Not because one
>is right and one is wrong, but because I'm looking for a
>particular result, and it would appear that the two apps are
>approaching my pixels from a different direction. If you
>really think that going into 400% is futile, then you don't
>have the same interest in your material that I do.
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If I was to follow your logic then if I zoomed into 500% then I would have more interest in my material? Sorry that is a silly assumption. I have the two converters and personally I am glad that they are different. Overall this is a situation that you are - imo - fussing too much about? To prove the point take a raw image and process it with whatever converter you wish and save the image. A week later start from scratch and process the same raw image with the same converter and save once again. Compare the two and you will see a difference? BTW do you view your images at 400% after you have finished editing them or do you do what others do and view at arm's length. I think you are guilty of pixel peeping.
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#37. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 36
If you're not interested in why your images are the way they are, then that's fine for for you. I am interested. It's no reason to start petty name-calling. I thought these forums were a little more grown-up than that.
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#20. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 3
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#23. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 20
Arkayem Charter MemberFri 12-Feb-10 06:35 AM>Russ that depends. If you set ADL on a Nikon Camera to on it
>changes the RAW file in a way that only NX2 can process it
>properly.
I realize that ADL makes changes to the raw pixels, but I thought that the ADL processing was done as the pixels came off the sensor, and the change was 'baked into' the raw image, so that even if you use NX2, you can't undo that.
There is also a post processing version of ADL that NX2 can add or subtract.
I know that I see the camera ADL effect correctly in my raw images when I edit them in LR and CS3. ADL basically actively controls the exposure by adjusting the ISO gain circuits during the exposure to reduce the gain for high amplitude spikes. I really didn't think there was any way to undo this in NX2, because the original raw pixels are changed, and I didn't think the amount of the change and which pixels were changed was recorded.
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#24. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 23
Arkayem Charter MemberFri 12-Feb-10 06:40 AMI forgot to mention one more thing that can be done in the camera that affects the raw image that I don't think NX2 can undo; Long Exposure Noise Reduction. Again, this is applied to the raw data, and I don't think there is any record of the changes made, so there is no way that NX2 can remove the effect.
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#25. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 24
I don't think I've ever exposed a frame which had LENR applied to it and wished to remove the changes. I tend to think of it as negation rather than reduction.-
#26. "RE: NX2 and LR again" | In response to Reply # 25
Arkayem Charter MemberFri 12-Feb-10 07:22 AM>I don't think I've ever exposed a frame which had LENR
>applied to it and wished to remove the changes. I tend to
>think of it as negation rather than reduction.
Exactly how I see it (and I guess how the Nikon engineers see it, as well)!
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#19. "Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 2
>to see something as close to the original pixels as possible,
>That's when I go back to NX - I
>trust it to give me the flattest possible starting point.
I think that some of us would argue that CNX does NOT give the flattest possible starting point, but rather the most "Nikon" starting point. To my eye, at least, Nikon pushes blue/yellow pastels while Canon, for example, runs to metallic magenta tones. Neither is wrong, it is just that these tend to be the defaults.
Using Lightroom, or in my case, Aperture, you have to so some work to match Nikon's "secret sauce."
But if Capture NX is better to your eye, then don't sweat it; use it.
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#22. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 19
As I said in the original post, this is only curiosity: I've been happily aware of the difference, selecting the appropriate app for the particular image - but I'd like to know what's going on. I'll be working on the images today, so will examine this fringing/no fringing issue a little further. Any progress, and I'll report back.
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#27. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 22
So, reading this thread prompts the question about general workflow.
I have Cap NX, CS4 and LR. I use LR for library etc and edit in CS4 from with LR as and when needed.
However, am I better doing my initial opening of NEF files in Cap NX, doing my basic editing and then saving as ?which file?? to import them into LR and then edit in CS4 for any tools that LR and CAPNX don't have?
Many Thanks
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#28. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 27
Arkayem Charter MemberSun 14-Feb-10 02:02 PM | edited Sun 14-Feb-10 02:29 PM by Arkayem>I have Cap NX, CS4 and LR. I use LR for library etc and edit
>in CS4 from with LR as and when needed.
I do the same. I like to edit non-destructively as much as possible, so I have never found an efficient way to use NX in my flow. I wish Nikon and Adobe would handle the edit list the same, so the edited NEFs would be usable in both software packages, but they don't. Nikon stores the edits in the same file with the original raw image and Adobe stores the edits in a separate file called a 'sidecar'.
>However, am I better doing my initial opening of NEF files in
>Cap NX, doing my basic editing and then saving as ?
Some people feel that NX does a superior job with the raw conversion and other people just like having all the processing settings on the camera applied to the raw image they are editing. Personally, I would like both of these things, but I need the throughput and efficiency of LR for processing 1000s of images at a time even more.
>which file?? to import them into LR and then edit in CS4 for any
>tools that LR and CAPNX don't have?
If you do your initial edits in NX, then jpeg and tiff are the only formats that you can use for further editing in other programs. You should probably use tiff rather than jpeg for further editing, because I think tiff degrades less with additional edits than jpeg.
Of course, tiff files are usually much larger than jpegs.
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#29. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 28
cchoc Charter MemberSun 14-Feb-10 03:04 PM> because I think tiff degrades less with additional edits than jpeg.
TIFF files are not compressed by default, so they do not degrade at all with subsequent edits. Most programs support LZW compression for TIFF's, and that is lossless, so no degradation of compressed TIFF's either.
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#30. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 29
Arkayem Charter MemberSun 14-Feb-10 04:36 PM>> because I think tiff degrades less with additional edits
>than jpeg.
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>TIFF files are not compressed by default, so they do not
>degrade at all with subsequent edits. Most programs support
>LZW compression for TIFF's, and that is lossless, so no
>degradation of compressed TIFF's either.
You probably know more about tiffs than I do so educate me here, will you?
I thought that even though tiffs do not compress when you save, when you make edits, the edits do change pixels, and if you make successive edits, saving after each one, it will eventually cause a reduction in quality.
Also, is there any way to fully remove your edits on a tiff after you have saved it?
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#31. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 30
cchoc Charter MemberSun 14-Feb-10 04:52 PMEdits change pixels, but lossy compression like on jpegs drops pixels. The dropped pixels are where the quality loss in jpegs comes from, not the edits. The quality on TIFF's doesn't change when saving since there is either no compression or lossless compression. The key difference is the lossy vs lossless compression.
When you save a TIFF in CS4 or NX2 your edits become a permanent part of the file, so there is no going back. When you make changes in LR, however, you don't actually save the TIFF's but the deltas cause by your edits are saved. LR edits are non-destructive regardless of file format (TIFF, jpeg, raw). If you want a TIFF or jpeg file with your changes incorporated you need to export it from LR into another file.
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#32. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 31
Arkayem Charter MemberSun 14-Feb-10 06:25 PM>Edits change pixels, but lossy compression like on jpegs
>drops pixels. The dropped pixels are where the quality loss in
>jpegs comes from, not the edits.
And I think that when the jpeg is rendered pixels are added back in, and sometimes that forms artifacts.
If you were to edit a tiff; let's say brighten it a stop and save it and re-edit it and darken it a stop and save it. Then do that sequence four or five times, the image would be totally ruined. That's what I mean by destructive editing. Plus there would be no way to remove it. If you do that same brightening and darkening on a raw image (or a jpeg or tiff in LR) you will cause no damage to the original image, and you can always go back to the original image any time you want to.
>The quality on TIFF's doesn't
>change when saving since there is either no compression or
>lossless compression. The key difference is the lossy vs
>lossless compression.
I understand that tiffs can be saved without compression while jpegs always are compressed when saved. However, the first time you save a raw image to a jpeg, that is only a single compression step, and if the minimum compression is used, the image is virtually indistinguishable from a tiff at all magnifications.
>When you save a TIFF in CS4 or NX2 your edits become a
>permanent part of the file, so there is no going back. When
>you make changes in LR, however, you don't actually save the
>TIFF's but the deltas cause by your edits are saved. LR edits
>are non-destructive regardless of file format (TIFF, jpeg,
>raw). If you want a TIFF or jpeg file with your changes
>incorporated you need to export it from LR into another file.
Agreed. This is what I meant by destructive editing method used on a tiff in photoshop versus the nondestructive editing used in LR.
Thanks for your comments. It verified that I did understand after all.
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#33. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 32
However: whether LR or NX, your original NEF file will always exist in its original form. Both apps edit non-destructively at that stage. So, with a problem file (that is, one for which you have difficulty deciding which app to use) it's sometimes easier to reach an endpoint by processing in both streams. There's nothing lost by having two versions of the file open in a tabbed PS window and swapping between the two to make direct comparison.
Making two TIFs from NX or LR is one way of making the sort of HDR image that serves a purpose rather than looking 'orrible.
As for using JPEGs to edit, it seems like a complete no-no to me. Apart from anything else, you're in 8bit, and any changes are liable to start showing distinct breaks between pixels.
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#34. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 32
cchoc Charter MemberMon 15-Feb-10 04:47 AMJust to clarify, I guess it's a question of what the word 'degrades' means in the context of photo editing. You said a tiff degrades less than a jpeg when edited and saved, while I would say that both are changed by editing but only the jpeg degrades (loses quality) when saved. The reason files don't degrade in LR is that the files themselves are never saved, just the changes to the files, while in CS4 the files themselves are saved so the jpeg degrades over time and the tiff does not.
Certainly poor editing choices can damage an image, but that is due to the person doing the edits and not the format of the file. No matter how carefully you edit a jpeg, multiple saves will cause a loss in quality that would not happen if the file were a tiff. That's the way I interpret the word degrade in this context.
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#35. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 30
pdekman Registered since 16th Nov 2005Mon 15-Feb-10 05:20 PMI would summarize as follows:
1) Non-destructive paradigm: Saves the original file and a set of editing steps to be applied to the original file. Post process as many times as you wish without loss of the original data, and all editing steps are applied with initial precision.
2) Use 16-bit TIFF files: Editing will alter the file data and further processing becomes irreversable within the precision limits of 16-bit computations. Saving the file does not harm any data.
3) Use 8-bit JPEG files: Similar to TIFF regarding file data except 8-bit precision math leads to banding/rounding errors much more quickly. Also, each save event forces lossy compression to be applied which further creates artifacts that did not exist in the original file.
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#43. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 35
PAStime Registered since 10th Feb 2009Wed 17-Feb-10 03:42 PMpdekman: your definitions make sense to me.
To add a twist to this useful thread, consider this too: one can open a JPEG in Capture NX2, make changes, and then save it as a NEF. Subsequent edits can be made on that NEF in NX2. All of these edits will be reversible and be non-lossy every time the data is saved.
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#44. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 43
pdekman Registered since 16th Nov 2005Wed 17-Feb-10 08:49 PMPeter -
You are correct. Be aware though that the saved NEF file is simply hosting the JPG rasterized image - it has not been converted to RAW data because of the save to the NEF file format. (As photographers, we are not specific with our terms and many times correlate NEF with RAW exclusively.)
Only the original capture from the camera, shot in RAW format, will generate the bayer arrayed sensor information that we consider 'raw' data. As such, this example is really just another case of #1 in my explanation. A non-destructive workflow applied to a JPG original.
Does that make sense?
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#45. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 44
Baaker Registered since 18th Aug 2009Thu 18-Feb-10 06:40 AMI think it's been a very good thread. It is interesting to learn of the strong opinions that people hold on this topic. I had always thought that the method of nef conversion is basically identical between Nikon and Adobe software. I was surprised to read all the comments saying it isn't.
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It looks as if the OP wasn't after answers? Stating his opinion and then disregarding any post that came after it believing that he was the only one who was correct? This topic will never have a definitive answer because there isn't one.....only opinions?
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#48. "RE: Backwards, perhaps??" | In response to Reply # 44
PAStime Registered since 10th Feb 2009Thu 18-Feb-10 03:46 PMYes, that makes perfect sense. The NEF will house that JPEG. But it will not give most of the advantages of shooting raw. Cheers, Peter
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#38. "Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 0
>arbitrarily different. Is this so?
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> This is only curiosity: I've been happily aware of the
>difference, selecting the appropriate app for the particular
>image - but I'd like to know what's going on.)
Absolutely. Note, for example that many Sony and Nikon cameras shre the same Sony sensor, but few have suggested that the RAW files are similar.
While demosaicing may be fairly easy to get right, color is a big issue. I haven't played with CNX in a long time, much of the easy difference is contrast, saturation, noise reduction, etc. But not all of it. See the following link: http://photo.rwboyer.com/2010/02/16/aperture-3-nikon-nef-files/
Bottom line - if you really want the "Nikon Look" you may have to use CNX.
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#39. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 38
RB's rant is the same reason I never got very far with Aperture. I'm happily aware that there's going to be some degree of arbitrariness in NEF conversion, but Aperture just gets it plain wrong, always has - sorry to see Mk 3 still does.
As for the "Nikon look"...it's "my look" I'm after and I find both NX2 and LR can do that for me - just depends on file. I started this thread out of curiosity - it was never meant to be combat zone!-
#40. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 39
Arkayem Charter MemberWed 17-Feb-10 04:43 AM>As for the "Nikon look"...it's "my look"
>I'm after and I find both NX2 and LR can do that for me - just
>depends on file. I started this thread out of curiosity - it
>was never meant to be combat zone!
I think it's been a very good thread. It is interesting to learn of the strong opinions that people hold on this topic. I had always thought that the method of nef conversion is basically identical between Nikon and Adobe software. I was surprised to read all the comments saying it isn't.
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#41. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 39
DiploStrat Registered since 06th Dec 2006Wed 17-Feb-10 09:20 AM>RB's rant is the same reason I never got very far with
>Aperture. I'm happily aware that there's going to be some
>degree of arbitrariness in NEF conversion, but Aperture just
>gets it plain wrong, always has - sorry to see Mk 3 still
>does.
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Funny, I have never found AP to be "wrong" and after playing with LR3b and finding it "worse" I went running back to AP2. I find AP3 to be just wonderful; faster, more powerful, etc. but the new RAW engine has looked about the same to me. Guess I'm just blind.
I may shoot a string of RAW+JPEG so that I have some true Nikon images to compare with. Will see if that makes me change my mind.
However, none of this should be a combat zone. I can't even tell Nikon images from Canon images, let alone one RAW developer from another. And many posts to the contrary, I doubt many others really can, either. It is either a good image or it isn't.--
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#42. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 41
It is either a good
>image or it isn't
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#46. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 41
>Funny, I have never found AP to be "wrong" and after
>playing with LR3b and finding it "worse" I went
>running back to AP2. I find AP3 to be just wonderful; faster,
>more powerful, etc. but the new RAW engine has looked about
>the same to me. Guess I'm just blind.
>
>I may shoot a string of RAW+JPEG so that I have some true
>Nikon images to compare with. Will see if that makes me change
>my mind.
>
>However, none of this should be a combat zone. I can't even
>tell Nikon images from Canon images, let alone one RAW
>developer from another. And many posts to the contrary, I
>doubt many others really can, either. It is either a good
>image or it isn't.
I am also having great luck with Aperture3. The new NEF conversion is very
good, and it cleans up my old Aperture2 images very well.
"If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this,
I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my
reason to exist."
__Annie Leibovitz
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#47. "RE: Nikon's Secret Sauce" | In response to Reply # 46
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Colour temperature the same
Tint the same
Exposure the same
Camera calibration the same
Colour space the same
All NR and sharpening off.
This seems to suggest that zero points in the two apps are arbitrarily different. Is this so?
(This is only curiosity: I've been happily aware of the difference, selecting the appropriate app for the particular image - but I'd like to know what's going on.)