Hi.
I have quite recently purchased a Nikon D300, and I am still trying to figure out things. I have been using Ubuntu with GIMP so far, but now I am considering a Mac for image processing.
I wonder if anyone knows if Aperture uses Nikon's codec for processing RAW images. I have tried Nikon's own Capture NX2, and I wasn't very impressed, I found the interface almost appalling. The people at the store where I bought my camera said that Nikon will not release their RAW codec, so other program manufacturers will have to guess about it. I have tried several free alternatives, with what I consider to be more or less disastrous results. The best one so far has been an add-on to GIMP, but the contrast is too high and the details are not good. Using JPEG gave much better results.
I have read a bit about Aperture, and this program seems interesting, both aesthetically and functionally. Does Aperture also guess about the Nikon RAW codec, and in that case, does it guess well?
Regards,
Sveinung
I have quite recently purchased a Nikon D300, and I am still trying to figure out things. I have been using Ubuntu with GIMP so far, but now I am considering a Mac for image processing.
I wonder if anyone knows if Aperture uses Nikon's codec for processing RAW images. I have tried Nikon's own Capture NX2, and I wasn't very impressed, I found the interface almost appalling. The people at the store where I bought my camera said that Nikon will not release their RAW codec, so other program manufacturers will have to guess about it. I have tried several free alternatives, with what I consider to be more or less disastrous results. The best one so far has been an add-on to GIMP, but the contrast is too high and the details are not good. Using JPEG gave much better results.
I have read a bit about Aperture, and this program seems interesting, both aesthetically and functionally. Does Aperture also guess about the Nikon RAW codec, and in that case, does it guess well?
Regards,
Sveinung