Hmmm, all very interesting. I was aware of camera profiles, but not that if yours was not among those supported, you were out of luck with you native file format. And yeah, DNG really is the way to go (I learned this using one of Kelby's books in which he recommends converting any proprietary RAW fi...

OK, I''m a bit confused. So, when I open Bridge (which I never use, but did to test this out), I can right-click on any of my NEF files and "Open in Camera Raw" appears as an option, and they open for editing in CR 9.1.1. Now, these all came out of my D7000, so are you saying that were I to buy, say...

You are right. It is probably over sharpening in Camera Raw for this really close-up view. I first open the Nef files in DxO Optics Pro version 11.4 (Photoshop CS6 will not open Nikon D500 camera Nef files). I do not process the files in DxO. I immediately export the 15 Nef file as Dng files to my ...

Pretty sure you meant to type, "without inviting too much diffraction," right? When we stop down, we get more depth of field, and also more diffraction blur. It's when we open up that we generally see more chromatic aberration. At any rate, f/9-f13 is often a sweet spot for this sort of work. Err, ...

These were taken this evening before dusk with my new Tokina 100 mm f/2.8 macro on a Nikon D7000. All shot with manual focus with as much DOF as I could get with out inviting too much CA and whatnot. Previous to this I've been using the "poor man's macro," the Canon 500D lens (filter). I am still ev...