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it comes to correcting chromatic aberrations.

Filtering lateral errors in RAW mode is easy

and effective, but the program does not

provide an effective solution for fringes and

flare caused by axial lens errors.

Nikon Capture NX 2

Just like its browser/editor cousin ViewNX 2,

Nikon’s RAW converter offers broad-based

options for correcting chromatic aberrations.

For images shot using current Nikon DSLRs,

the Auto Lateral Color Aberration tool is

automatically activated in the Camera & Lens

Corrections section of the program’s Develop

panel. You cannot adjust this setting in the

camera, but you can undo it by unchecking

the option in the software interface. There are

no other adjustment options for the

automatic version, but a separate, manual

Lateral Color Aberration tool is available in the

Adjust panel. This contains separate sliders for

correcting red-cyan and blue-yellow artifacts,

and an additional slider for adjusting the

opacity of the effect.

The axial correction tool is not activated by

default but has a single slider for adjusting the

strength of the effect it produces.

Capture NX 2produced good results for our

lateral error target and skyscraper images in

RAW mode. The Nikon automatic correction

function works well and it is only evident that

even Nikon lenses produce color errors when

you switch it off.

Capture NX 2 wasn’t able to do much with

the variable color casts in front of and behind

the focal plane in our axial target image. It was

able to reduce the obvious fringing in the

dolphin image, but some errors nevertheless

remained visible after correction.

The lack of a before/after view is a

hindrance if you want to compare corrected

Chromatic Aberrations | Software Test

Before/After views like the one shown here (in Adobe Lightroom)

are perfect for comparing a corrected image with the original

Before After