06-09-2011, 10:14 AM
[quote name='ThomasD' timestamp='1307255573' post='9039']
But you don't have a library, IIRC, and it works only for Nikon cameras. It is less expensive, but not much.
Besides that, Capture NX is a .NET application (on Windows, at least), which means it is painfully slow, even on moderately fast hardware. The same holds for recent versions of Capture One (by Phase One). I really don't get why everyone follows the .NET hype as long as it slows down applications significantly. They could as well launch a JavaScript RAW converter, because it is so cool to work in the "cloud". <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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There are not all that many alternatives to .NET to use certain functionality in Windows... I guess that is the reason for developers of even calculation intensive software to start with .NET. Even if they in the end could do without.
Microsoft themselves do not use .NET for most of their products, but they are privy to OS internals and library access which 3rd party developers have no access to.
But you don't have a library, IIRC, and it works only for Nikon cameras. It is less expensive, but not much.
Besides that, Capture NX is a .NET application (on Windows, at least), which means it is painfully slow, even on moderately fast hardware. The same holds for recent versions of Capture One (by Phase One). I really don't get why everyone follows the .NET hype as long as it slows down applications significantly. They could as well launch a JavaScript RAW converter, because it is so cool to work in the "cloud". <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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There are not all that many alternatives to .NET to use certain functionality in Windows... I guess that is the reason for developers of even calculation intensive software to start with .NET. Even if they in the end could do without.
Microsoft themselves do not use .NET for most of their products, but they are privy to OS internals and library access which 3rd party developers have no access to.