Speaking of Nikon, here’s a nice shot I got with my D700 the other day and an old, but still really good Nikon Macro lens that I got second had a while ago. I suppose it’s not fair to judge a piece of software that’s still in beta, and as I said, it does what it says on the tin, but it could have been so much more. Unfortunately all of that seems to be gone in the new version (unless i’m going mad, which is quite possible!). The old Capture NX was well regarded and had some great tools, especially because it used Nik’s u-point technology. It’s certainly seems like a serious downgrade from Capture NX2. While it’s great that there is now a free option for Nikon users who don’t want to buy Lightroom or some other software, I think that’s the only market for this. I don’t mean to trash it, because it does render images quite nicely, at least tonally, and it does have really good axial chromatic aberration correction, but there’s not a significant difference from what Lightroom (or any other modern raw converter) will do. It really does seem like the application was designed by engineers without ever talking to a photographer. I understand that they have to have their own raw converter, but they already have View NX, and with so many other options out there, surely a company the size of Nikon could have done a deal with or bought a company who could make something better, especially considering that the current Capture NX is held in reasonably high regard.ĭon’t get me wrong, it works and it does the job, but the interface is really clunky and slow. While it does a nice job off keeping Nikon’s colours, and it recognises all the Nikon specific options you had set on the camera when you took the image, other than that there’s not really much going for it. I played around with it for a bit yesterday, and I have to say, it’s a good job they are giving it away for free. The big change is that this version will be free. Well, yesterday Nikon announced a beta of the next version, Capture NX-D. Well, since Nik was acquired by google, people have been wondering what would become of Capture NX. Some people still swore by it, but personally I didn’t think it was worth the money, especially if you already have Lightroom or Aperture. One of the more controversial things about Capture NX was that it wasn’t free. It was the software for getting the most out of Nikon’s cameras and it was made by Nik software, who have since been acquired by Google. If you’re a Nikon fan, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Capture-NX.
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