If I want work on the original, I convert the NEF.
Because PureRaw can run as a batch and creates DNG files, I can just stuff those back into the same folder they came from. What I do at the moment is mark images in Photo Mechanic with a particular rating if I think they need noise reduction, select all with that rating, and then drag those tagged images to PureRaw. I’ll get around to fully demonstrating the usefulness of PureRaw when I return from my Internet-free month in May, but it’s a useful mitigation to using a Z9 at very high ISO values. While it introduces another step in raw conversion, it does so in a unique way: basically you drag a raw file(s) to PureRaw, which applies the PRIME noise reduction on the undemosaiced data (it can also apply all the DxO lens corrections) to produce a DNG file. I was skeptical of PureRaw when it was first introduced, but particularly with this latest installment, have come to appreciate it. Which brings me to DxO's other announcement: DxO PureRaw 3.0.
It’s now a mature product that produces excellent results, and has that excellent PRIME noise reduction capability that's state-of-the-art (though slower than just moving Adobe’s sliders). Particularly those that might have looked at PhotoLab in its infancy. PhotoLab is sort of a darkhorse in the raw conversion world, and gets overlooked by many.
In addition, the 100-400mm f/4-5.6 VR S lens has been added to the DxO downloadable corrections (which are different than the built-in camera corrections).
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