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<blockquote data-quote="John Braden" data-source="post: 393081" data-attributes="member: 24488">I've been reading here that some non-Nikon software may not be able to accurately read NEF files. I don't know how important that really is. Since I've just started using the camera (D5300) and only have about 4 months of on-and-off shooting, other than my photo-intensive trip in May, I've found myself wondering which processing software I should use. Since all I have is the software that came with the camera, Nikon's ViewNX2, I don't have much to compare. I'm sure the NX2 is not a very detailed program, I'd like to know which one would be a suitable, cost-effective program that offers quite a few parameters to choose from and is not too difficult to comprehend. What I've posted here are two photographs and the aftermath of my feeble attempts to play with them. Both initially were RAW and then converted to jpeg to post here. Am I doing a decent job? Could I do better? Much better? Let me know your recommendations and comments. Thank you![ATTACH]129774[/ATTACH][ATTACH]129775[/ATTACH][ATTACH]129777[/ATTACH][ATTACH]129778[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Braden, post: 393081, member: 24488"] I've been reading here that some non-Nikon software may not be able to accurately read NEF files. I don't know how important that really is. Since I've just started using the camera (D5300) and only have about 4 months of on-and-off shooting, other than my photo-intensive trip in May, I've found myself wondering which processing software I should use. Since all I have is the software that came with the camera, Nikon's ViewNX2, I don't have much to compare. I'm sure the NX2 is not a very detailed program, I'd like to know which one would be a suitable, cost-effective program that offers quite a few parameters to choose from and is not too difficult to comprehend. What I've posted here are two photographs and the aftermath of my feeble attempts to play with them. Both initially were RAW and then converted to jpeg to post here. Am I doing a decent job? Could I do better? Much better? Let me know your recommendations and comments. Thank you! [ATTACH=CONFIG]129774._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]129775._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]129777._xfImport[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]129778._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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