Comparing RAW converters

[jthomas]

Since I got the D70 one month ago, I've been using Rawshooter Essentials (RSE) for making minor corrections and converting to jpeg. I have not been totally satisfied with the final result, so yesterday I downloaded Nikon Capture 4.2 (NC4) for comparison. I display below the same RAW file converted using both programs. All I did was increase exposure +0.35eV with both, and minimal sharpening.

First, RSE:

http://fish-n-float.smugmug.com/photos/21234748-L-1.jpg

Now NC4:

http://fish-n-float.smugmug.com/photos/21234747-L-1.jpg

Comments ? On my monitor, the hue is slightly different, but RSE looks slightly sharper. The color temperature was set to the same value on both converters.

[digismile]

Can't tell if one's sharper or not, but the NC4 looks more saturated on the monitor I'm currently viewing on.

[jthomas]

Can't tell if one's sharper or not, but the NC4 looks more saturated on the monitor I'm currently viewing on. I was just looking at the Pixmantec Forum (developers of RSE). There are several posts about color problems with RSE, all from Canon folks. There may be a problem with Nikons, too, but no one else has posted about it.

Maybe color is a problem with RSE.

[Steve Cavigliano]

Major difference in red saturation. The greens look similar, but the reds in the Nikon conversion example look to be like a +15-20 sat difference.

FWIW, I think the detail sharpness is a bit better on the RSE example.

I've been fooling with RSE for a week or so, and I definitely haven't seen the color differences shown by your examples :dunno Although, come to think of it, I don't believe I've converted any images with this much red in them :scratch

Strange.........

Steve