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<p>One advantage of Nikon's own software is that it honours some in-camera settings (like Picture Controls) that other converters ignore.</p>
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<p>Not to forget Active D-Lighting (ADL). Though NXD is quite annoying to use and slow, I still prefer it´s output over Lightroom´s conversions. The colors are just there immediately and need no tweaking. I also use Capture One and find it to be on par with NXD. Of course LR has the best user interface and browsing files is easier than in the above mentioned converters.</p>