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Mort54 wrote:
Threads like these are a joke. It's like debating Canon vs Nikon, PC vs Mac, or iPhone vs Blackberry. Most people's opinions are based on brand loyalty instead of objective testing. And they tend to favor the software they're used to.
One thing a lot of people overlook, or don't realize, or simply choose to ignore, is that LR (and Photoshop ACR) only apply Nikon's WB tag in their default RAW conversion. A NEF opened with only the default settings is a drab thing indeed. Things like camera settings for saturation, or vibrance, or contrast, have to be applied by the user in post processing. With a few seconds of work applying various adjustments in LR, however, I can make my images look as good, and often better, than I can with NX2 (with the exception of reds, as I mentioned above, and LR 2 fixed that issue). So from my testing, I judge the RAW conversions to be roughly comparable.
The big difference, however, is in speed and useability, and here NX2 is appallingly bad. LR is several generations ahead in useability and speed (in fact, there's really no comparison in these categories).
It sounds like your brand loyalty is shining through. Your own statement "With a few seconds of work applying various adjustments in LR, however, I can make my images look as good, and often better, than I can with NX2" makes no sense in light of the fact that I don't have to adjust squat in NX2 and my images already look good. I don't want "roughly comparable", I want the best IQ. You're partial to LightRoom, and you've fallen subject to your own criticism of other people "they tend to favor the software they're used to". You're obviously not used to NX2. Statements like "NX2 is appallingly bad" in "speed and useability" are disingenuous at best. On my computer both are about equally fast, and NX2 is very much usable, with nearly 1000 images processed in this last week.
FWIW, I have purchased and use or have used CS3, LightRoom, BibblePro, Capture 4.4, Capture NX, and Capture NX2. My statements aren't "brand loyalty instead of objective testing".
You're throwing out a lot of opinion, so don't take it so hard when everyone doesn't swallow it as fact. 
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There are just too many ways to use this software. It's deep and filled with faster ways of editing. You have to work a bit to be rewarded, 
If your not open to a whole new kinda work flow then you will have negitive input. I was this way at first with NX and have now learned to take a new approch toward NX2. If you want 100% quality NX2 is the only way to go. It also helps to own a Quadcore with extra RAM. NX2 was designed for my PC.