Nikon users - RAW processing comparisons.

Anyone care to take a look at Aperture default RAW NEF processing vs. LR2 with new camera profiles vs. NX2 with new "picture controls". Here is a typical torture test image with tons of contrast in the scene along with lots of subtle and not so subtle colors.
Here is a link, if anyone is interested in full size versions or different color profiles just leave a comment and I will be glad to provide.
http://www.rwboyer.com/RBDesign/Blog/Entries/2008/8/10_Adobe_Lightroom2_and_DNG_cameraprofiles.html
RB
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I have submitted these exact feature requests so many times to apple, I must be in their spamlist by now
Local adjustments, good preset management and now the "tweakable" camera profiles do indeed make the grass look greener on the lightroom side. (I did also submit batch processing and the ability for third party adjustment bricks)
However, I absolutely loathe everything adobe, and testing the lightroom demo did not make me feel any different. Lightroom seems to have a definite edge towards creative editing, but the interface is so clunky and cumbersome compared to the elegant Aperture interface, I feel frustrated just looking at Lightroom.
I did participate extensively in the first Lightroom beta program, and couldn't live with it then, and I feel they just continued in the wrong direction and made things worse in terms of usability.
I do hope however that Apple is taking notice, what everybody said that couldn't be done (match camera settings) Adobe just did.
I'm not, and never will switch to Lightroom, but there is other stuff on the horizon that might tempt me (Bibble 5 and Lightzone)
I consider myself a very loyal Apple fanboy, but I can't help the impression I always get that the photography bussiness for Apple is too small to care, and that they have a bigger and more important market to cater for (ipods, mobileme, video...) I hope I'm wrong.

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