Finepix s9000/9500 raw conversion

Hi all,
I use both softwares:
- Finepix Viewer 3.3.9 with his Raw File Converter LE 4.0.1f2 and
- Adobe Camera Raw 3.7 in Photoshop CS2
to convert Raw shots under Mac Os 10.3.9 (I can't upgrade to CS3 and AdobeCameraRaw 4.x)
Altough
Adobe Camera Raw 3.7 offers a lot of settings (white balance, exposure, sharpness, luminance, colour etc)
I can't get better results than Finepix Viewer Raw File Converter LE in noise reduction!
So I'm obliged to use Finepix Viewer Raw File Converter with 400, 800, 1600 ASA shots.
Any idea about? Hints, links, tricks are welcome
Thanks
Mario

You won't...you need to process and do it in NN. Camera Raw 4 has improved noise reduction and sharpening but if you stick with 3.7, then doing it after processing is really the only choice.

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    If someone sees somehow a workaround pls give me ideas. Also how important is this 16 Bit question at all during this RAW conversion? Would it make sense to Raw-convert a 8 Bit file, and open it after to 16 Bit to make than more layer-work or clean-up?
    I'm sorry if my questions sound a bit confusing.

    mogli365 wrote:
    I also like the way I'm working with CS4 now, and all the options I have in Camera Raw, and I'm still trying to figure out, whether there is a way in working with both apps inter-active.
    You can use both but not interactively, and it's probably not a good idea unless you really know what you're doing because you could lose track of some images that way. Many will say that there's no reason to do this, but there are some things I do starting in Bridge/ACR. I keep these images in a folder called "NOTinA2", and I browse that folder with Bridge.
    My library is now a referenced, external one. So all editing of my Raw files is stored in the Aperture library internally. My 14 Bit Nef files are converted into 16 Bit in the moment Aperture is opening or converting it? As soon I open them with External Editor they are a 16 Bit (if I want so) but they are no more Raw.
    Neither program is affecting the actual RAW file: Bridge/ACR are storing instructions in a sidecar file, and Aperture is storing instructions in the Library. When you export or open in Photoshop, a new file is created. There's no need to open either in Photoshop unless you need to do Photoshop work.
    Most of my files are not getting extensively edited, so it's fine with me doing my conversion and a few tweaks, and leave them so. Now I tried to open the same Nef files in Adobe Camera Raw, and as long I let Adobe store the edit files separate from the Raw files, it seems Aperture is not disturbed, and I can even open and adjust them again. So far it seems to be no problems.
    The two programs are both referencing the same files, and one doesn't even know the other is there. If you open a file in Photoshop from either program a new file will be created. However, if you open it from ACR, Aperture will not know it's there.
    The first is that all given keywords and description are only inside Aperture library (and they would only accompanied if I export the files as Tif)
    You can not share Keywords from Aperture with Bridge.
    And secondly that Adobe Raw seems NOT to convert my Nef files into 16 Bit.
    At the bottom of the Adobe Camera RAW window, you'll see what looks like a web link. Click it to open the workflow options dialog box. There you can change it from 8bit to 16bit, set your print resolution and tell it if you want to open them in Photoshop as Smart Objects. (that last option will "embed" a copy of the RAW file in your Photoshop document and allow you to revisit you RAW conversion settings.)
    DLS

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